Folk & Traditional / Baroque

The title Ex Patris (from the fathers) plays on the idiomatic baroque lute compositions presented here which emulate the classical repertoire. It also refers to this almost forgotten instrument, which was passed on by the fathers. The Jozef Van Wissem's aim is to bring back and liberate the lute. The four compositions on Ex Patris form a circular narrative of interlocking repetitive melodic series. The follow up to Important release “ It is all that is made” kicks off with the pro apocalyptic tr…

Second ECM album by Jon Balke's Siwan, with Algerian singer Mona Boutchebak, Derya Türkan (kemençe), Helge Norbakken and Pedram Khavar Zamini (percussion) and strings of Barokksolistene, setting poetry of Al Andalus. Recorded January 2017 in Copenhagen.