Rajesh Mehta - Reconfigurations FLAC

Rajesh Mehta Free Jazz Contemporary 2000

Tracklist

1	Part 1	15:26
2	Part 2	21:17
3	Part 3	16:18

Companies, etc.

Record Company – between the lines GmbH & Co. oHG
Recorded At – Traumton Studios
Mixed At – True Muze Studios
Mastered At – True Muze Studios
Phonographic Copyright (p) – between the lines
Copyright (c) – between the lines
Distributed By – EFA – EFA 10180-2
Pressed By – Sony DADC – A0100337732-0101

Credits

Artwork [Cover Art Work] – Jutta Obenhuber
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Melodica, Mixed By, Mastered By – Vlatko Kucan*
Design [Graphic Design] – fuhrer vienna
Directed By [Artistic Director] – Franz Koglmann
Double Bass – Peter Niklas Wilson
Ensemble – The Mehta-Metric Ensemble
Percussion – Ray Kaczynski
Producer [Produced By] – between the lines GmbH & Co. oHG
Recorded By – Hartmut Homolka
Recorded By [Assistant] – Ulrich Maiß
Stroh Violin, Viola – Aleksander Kolkowski*
Trumpet, Trumpet [Slide, Bass, Hybrid, Extensions], Composed By, Liner Notes – Rajesh Mehta

Notes

"I've been preoccupied with that question since my earliest days in Calcutta. Couldn't avoid it in that environment - population statistics pressed all around , the sheer density of sensory impressions and happenings was awesome. But there were many other takes on number. Number mysticism pervaded daily life: from the number of repetitions of a mantra before one went to sleep, to the collective obsession with astrological calculations, and even the X number of hours or days that one had to fast. Of course, mastering numbers and their properties was also a sport: how facile one could play and manipulate them - a prevalent game. However, I've been allured by the poetic dimension in mathematics. Numbers have always been animated, numinous entities for me ... possessing a snake like charm.
Reconfigurations is a reflection of that ongoing affair I have woth number and mathematics and their relationship to music. The organization of the extended piece divieded invot three parts was created by the application of a self-designed pattern generating tool. The resulting graphiec score visualizes the dialectic between the micro-level metric material and the sonic regions defined by similar patterns which govern the macro-form of the entire piece. The structure I provided within which the musicians had to navigate reveals a certain act of mathematical persuasion on my part- but that was the extent of it. These creative musicians filled this skeletal architecture with the meat of their personal languages and imaginations yielding the "mehta-metric" result I had hoped for."
Berlin, August 2000

Recorded at Traumton Studios, Berlin, June 22nd and 23rd, 2000
Mixed and mastered at True Muze Studios, Hamburg, August 24th and 25th, 2000
Total Time 53:05
℗ & © between the lines 2000 · Made in EC
between the lines GmbH & Co. oHG · Westendstrasse 24 · D-60325 Frankfurt/Main · Germany
This work has been made possible with the support of Deutsche Structured Finance

Packaging: 6 panel cardboard sleeve