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Κλίμα (Klima) is the third album by CV & JAB, the duo of Christina Vantzou and John Also Bennett. An assertive step forward in the two artists’ investigations into melodic interplay, acoustic processing and field recordings, the full-length conjures the modus operandi of archaeologists searching for unheard soundscapes. Structured as an itinerant mise-en-abyme, Κλίμα (Klima) summons worldwide submarine circuits and tropospheres populated by sudden findings and progressive re-encounters – hazy dreams amalgamate with mosaics of reality.
Catalyzed by a 2021 invitation to perform at the UNESCO world heritage site Santuário Bom do Jesus do Monte in Braga, Portugal, the music of Κλίμα (Klima) then fermented across a period of two years, during which live experiments, cyclical studio sessions, and travels across the Island of Tenerife’s effervescent ambiences gradually contributed to its completion. It is on the volcanic island that the narrative core of the album materialized, prompted by a month of recordings across the radically different microclimates populating the landscape. CV & JAB’s flashing transpositions from desert to rainforest are evoked over ten tracks operating as an abstract audio-guide of the outer and inner realms permeating the… more
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released September 29, 2023
All music composed, performed, and arranged by Christina Vantzou and John Also Bennett
Christina Vantzou: voice, electronics, piano, percussion
John Also Bennett: bass flute, c flute, piano, synthesizers, percussion
Field and hydrophone recordings from Tenerife, Canarias; Marin County, California; and South Thomaston, Maine by CV & JAB
B3 contains a Bernard Parmagiani sample courtesy of GRM
Recorded by JAB except A4, A5, and percussion on B3, recorded by Roman Hiele
Mixed by JAB with CV
Mastered by Stephan Mathieu (Bonn, Germany)
Artwork by Zin Taylor (Torino, Italy)
Layout by Jeroen Wille (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Special thanks: Mich Leemans, Meakusma, Ludwig Kuckartz, Semibreve, Gonçalo F. Cardoso, Spencer Clark, Amy Faust, Dimitris Papadatos, François J. Bonnet, Gerald Donald, Stav Yeini, Felicia Atkinson, Tomoko Sauvage, Lieven Martens, and The Island of Tenerife
Released by Editions Basilic – EBS2005