AMBROSIA by Christer Bothén

Don Cherry collaborator and Bolon Bata founder Christer Bothén (b. 1941) delivers three CDs devoted to his highly personal expression on the bass clarinet and contrabass clarinet. To quote the artist himself: ”Those empty pipes have possibilities enough to cover several lives”. Sounds and silences are delicately carved out in different acoustic spaces, from a rainy soundscape in Spain to a peculiarly resonating church in Sweden. The album also includes a composition inspired by Tarkovskij’s masterpiece Stalker: focusing on the big clarinets, ”ZON” is composed for and performed by a large ensemble, featuring vocalist Sofia Jernberg, pianist Kristine Scholz and reedists Hans Koch and Per Texas Johansson, among others. It was recorded and mixed at the Stockholm studio Atlantis Grammofon, by legendary sound engineer Janne Hansson.

Tracklist

1.	NIGHTRAIN	13:57

2.	SEISMOLOGY	14:41

3.	NOTHING	7:47

4.	IT	9:38

5.	ZON	36:05

6.	AMBROSIA	24:33

Credits

released November 20, 2020

CHRISTER BOTHÉN: BASS CLARINET AND CONTRABASS CLARINET.

Recording engineers: Zebastian Swartz (AMBROSIA), Erik Peters (SEISMOLOGY & NOTHING), Daniel Bengtson (IT), Christer Bothén (NIGHTRAIN), Janne Hansson (ZON).
Mixed by Janne Hansson (ZON), Christer Bothén (ZON, NIGHTRAIN, SEISMOLOGY, IT), Mikael Werliin (AMBROSIA).
Mastering by Andreas LUPO Lubich.

Produced by Christer Bothén.
Co-producer & Executive Producer: Alexander Zethson

MUSICIANS ON 'ZON':
Christer Bothén bass clarinet & contrabass clarinet
Per Texas Johansson bass clarinet & contrabass clarinet
Hans Koch bass clarinet & contrabass clarinet
Boa Pettersson bass clarinet & contrabass clarinet
Sofia Jernberg voice
Kristine Scholz grand piano
Tisha Mukarji inside piano
Vilhelm Bromander double bass

Produced with support from Swedish Arts Council.

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