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File under: ContemporaryFree Improvisation
2025 stock A composed improvisation, or possibly the other way around – this is one way of describing the music played by Mats Gustafsson and the Nu Ensemble, a multinational group of improvisational musicians.
The saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, born in 1964, became interested in improvisational music at an early age, inspired by among others the German Peter Brötzmann and the Britt Evan Parker.
The Nu Ensemble was a loosely structured, irregularly convened radio and concert project built around crossover music and free improvisation, initiated by Gustafsson and Swedish Radio P2 producer Lars-Göran Ulander. “Hidros one” was commissioned by the Swedish Radio and was premiered at the Stockholm Jazz ’97 festival.
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File under: ContemporaryFree Improvisation
Cat. number: CAP 21566
Year: 1999
Notes:
Hidros One (1997) for nine improvisers, tape and conductor.
Recorded live Oct. 30, 1997 at Studio 2, Radiohuset, Stockholm.
Mixed and mastered July 6 and August 20, 1999 at K3, Radiohuset, Stockholm.
Tape piece recorded Feb 2, 1996 outside Jokkmokk.
Mixed and mastered Sep 26, 1997 at Alice Musik Studios, Gustavsberg.
Hidros One was commissioned by The Swedish Broadcasting Corporation P2. This was a joint production between The Swedish Broadcasting Corporation P2 and Caprice Records.
