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“The improvisations were done on the last recording day, with no overdubs. “Completely free” was the essential concept. For one of them, they were joined by Batoh’s fellow Ghosts Takuyuki Moriya (contra bass), Kazuo Ogino (piano,celtic harp) and the santur player Mayumi Nagayoshi. The same morning Helena had received notice that her grandmother suddenly had died, and that a dear friend had chosen to end his life. Two death letters in one day…there is great emotion reflected in the improvisations. And great depth and beauty throughout the whole Helena Espvall & Masaki Batoh album.”

[download] “Uti Var Hage” from Helena Espvall & Masaki Batoh, out July 22nd on Drag City

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