Selenographia
by Nathan Hanson & Brian Roessler
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Vinyl + download
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Vinyl
Beautifully designed & hand-screened artwork by Peet Fetsch (Cork Leg Nelson) tenderly holds the translucent vinyl LP. -
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Digital Album
Immediate download of 13-track album in your choice of high-quality MP3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.Buy Now $10 USD
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La Lune Est Morte
02:27
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Sea of Tranquility
06:27
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Lake of Forgetfulness
06:36
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4. |
Sea of Vapors
05:43
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The Moonbeam Song
03:33
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Marsh of Sleep
01:04
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7. |
Lake of Solitude
01:57
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8. |
Bay of Trust
03:44
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9. |
Seething Bay
01:06
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10. |
Sea of Crisis
02:02
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11. |
Marsh of Decay
00:48
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12. |
Lake of Fear
03:19
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13. |
Sea of Dreams
01:12
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about
Selenographia is a fancy term for the mapping of the moon’s topography. It’s also an apposite analogy for the creative interplay of Hanson and Roessler in this context. Theirs is an intimate vocabulary of musical markers that reflects longstanding artistic and geographical confluence. The lunar imagery in the album’s titles is no casual assignation either as it matches landmarks on the celestial satellite’s surface with the panoply of thoughts and moods threaded through the music. “Tranquility”, “Solitude”, “Trust” and “Fear”, all have their aural analogues in the architectures of sound.
Both players deal adroitly in the sort of extended techniques that are de rigueur on this sort of date. Where they differ is in the consistency with which they personalize said methods of expression. Roessler’s arco dexterity is frequently mesmerizing in celerity and precision, but his creations never feel bruising or bombastic. Even when he’s bouncing his bow off strings to conjure fibrillating rhythmic patterns of hummingbird speed as on “Lake of Forgetfulness” the results avoid sounding obvious or overwrought. Hanson commands the full range of his straight horn peeling off velvety purrs on the melody-rich “La Lune Est Morte” or turning to piquant nasalized repetitions on “Marsh of Sleep” and “Seething Bay” sure to make the ghost of Lacy grin.
Passages of comparatively calming beauty vie with others of bracing intensity and the pair manage to construct something that seems increasingly rarified in these days of morsel-sized digital musical consumption- a collection of pieces that lucidly communicates a satisfying and edifying beginning, middle and end. In other words, an album, and one that expertly embodies an enduring partnership of kindred musical souls.
Both players deal adroitly in the sort of extended techniques that are de rigueur on this sort of date. Where they differ is in the consistency with which they personalize said methods of expression. Roessler’s arco dexterity is frequently mesmerizing in celerity and precision, but his creations never feel bruising or bombastic. Even when he’s bouncing his bow off strings to conjure fibrillating rhythmic patterns of hummingbird speed as on “Lake of Forgetfulness” the results avoid sounding obvious or overwrought. Hanson commands the full range of his straight horn peeling off velvety purrs on the melody-rich “La Lune Est Morte” or turning to piquant nasalized repetitions on “Marsh of Sleep” and “Seething Bay” sure to make the ghost of Lacy grin.
Passages of comparatively calming beauty vie with others of bracing intensity and the pair manage to construct something that seems increasingly rarified in these days of morsel-sized digital musical consumption- a collection of pieces that lucidly communicates a satisfying and edifying beginning, middle and end. In other words, an album, and one that expertly embodies an enduring partnership of kindred musical souls.
credits
released 20 April 2012
Nathan Hanson
Soprano Saxophone
Brian Roessler
Double Bass
Recorded & Mixed by
Brian Roessler
Mastered by
Alex Oana
Track Selection & Sequence by
Jean Rochard (courtesy of disques nato)
Design & Printing by
Cork Leg Nelson
Executive Producers
Karen & Ron Roessler
Kari & Bernie Dusich
Nathan Hanson
Soprano Saxophone
Brian Roessler
Double Bass
Recorded & Mixed by
Brian Roessler
Mastered by
Alex Oana
Track Selection & Sequence by
Jean Rochard (courtesy of disques nato)
Design & Printing by
Cork Leg Nelson
Executive Producers
Karen & Ron Roessler
Kari & Bernie Dusich
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Nathan Hanson and Brian Roessler have been musical partners for more than sixteen years. In that time they have developed a unique musical sympathy and symbiosis. As a duo they create music that is at turns lyrical, bombastic, and ethereally expansive - accessible to the curious, while being challenging to the performers and listeners. ... more
discography
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Apr 2012 -
Aug 2009
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