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Leonel Kaplan

Leonel Kaplan has been part of the improvised music scene since the early 2000, performing and recording throughout South America, Europe and U.S. with musicians like Lê Quan Ninh, Michel Doneda, Axel Doerner, Xavier Charles, Ivar Grydeland, Diego Chamy, Bhob Rainey, Greg Kelley and Christof Kurzmann between many others. He is also part of groups like “Silo” (w/Nate Wooley & Audrey Chen), “Dog” (w/Tatsuya Nakatani), “Diasporas” (w/Ly Thanh Tiên & Didier Lasserre) and “ACK” (w/Tetuzi Akiyama & Edén Carrasco)

Leonel Kaplan has been part of the improvised music scene since the early 2000, performing and recording throughout South America, Europe and U.S. with musicians like Lê Quan Ninh, Michel Doneda, Axel Doerner, Xavier Charles, Ivar Grydeland, Diego Chamy, Bhob Rainey, Greg Kelley and Christof Kurzmann between many others. He is also part of groups like “Silo” (w/Nate Wooley & Audrey Chen), “Dog” (w/Tatsuya Nakatani), “Diasporas” (w/Ly Thanh Tiên & Didier Lasserre) and “ACK” (w/Tetuzi Akiyama & Edén Carrasco)

Tocando fondo
Two slowly unfolding improvisations from trumpeter Leonel Kaplan using extended and unconventional techniques, and electronic artist Klaus Filip performing on sine waves, in a two part extended piece recorded in Buenos Aires after the two met in live performance.
Stereo Trumpet
The first time I ever got a release with split channel audio was a 7" by John Duncan and Chris & Cosey. One was in the left speaker, and the other in the right speaker and if you would play it hearing both speakers simultaneously, you'd have a 'new' piece. I liked that idea a lot; although I never figured to what extent they planned the music, or whether this was a more or less random gathering of sounds. In the case of Leonel Kaplan (trumpet) and Birgit Uhler (trumpet, radio, speaker, ob…
Casa Corp
Second release for the accomplished trio of Leonel Kaplan, Christof Kurzmann and Edén Carrasco on the follow of last years brilliant Una Casa/Observatorio. Recorded in Buenos Aires, roughly a year after the two pieces that compose the first release, Casa Corp reveals both a continuity and a progession of the trios improvisation. Throughout the single pice, the most outstanding aspect of the record is the interplay between the musicians, up to a point, when several times the sound source becomes …
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