• cardboard gatefold sleeve

Composer/Performer Zeena Parkins announces the release of two multi-part compositions, inspired by discoveries she made combing through the Walter Benjamin archives in Berlin. “Past Turned Space” features virtuoso players William Winant/percussion and Brett Carson/keyboards navigating a set of vignettes, flickering in response to Benjamin’s intimate descriptions of childhood memories. “Dam Against the Spring Tide” is graced with an all-star band of composer/performers, including: Zeena Parkins/acoustic harp and electronics, Magda Mayas/prepared keyboards, Tony Buck/percussion, Laurent Bruttin/clarinets, Christian Kesten/voice, Matty Ostrowski/electronics, and special guest, Sebastian Roux/processing. All of these pieces reveal how colors, shapes, codes, scribbles, erasures, puzzles, wordplay, graphology, and imitation as a way of knowing, can be used to initiate musical processes, playing strategies, conversations and ultimately scores.

PERSONNEL ON TRACKS [1-5]:

William Winant - (vibraphone, crotales, harmonica)
Brett Carson - (piano, organ)
Joan La Barbara - (voice)
Zeena Parkins - (elbows on piano, field recordings)

PERSONNEL ON TRACKS [6-10]:

Laurent Bruttin - (clarinets)
Tony Buck - (drums, orchestral percussion, objects)
Christian Kesten - (voice)
Magda Mayas - (piano, clavinet, objects)
Matthew Ostrowski - (electronics, processing)
Zeena Parkins - (acoustic harp)
Sebastian Roux - (electronic processing)

TRACKS:

01. Past Turned Space grey patterned box
02. Past Turned Space black extendable box-blue folder
03. Past Turned Space brown box with crest-sönneken letter file
04. Past Turned Space yellowy box with green edging
05. Past Turned Space cardboard box (torn in half)
06. Berlin Bedroom: Renwick St. Jan.14.2024
07. Stefan’s List & Color Code Score No. 290
08. Matching Tones
09. J’ai Plus de Souvenirs Que
10. Erasure Score