Mazen Kerbaj

• 2-CD SET

Sampler / Sampled is an album made of two interdependent parts rather than a double-album.

The first part of the project, Sampler, is a trumpet solo album that catalogues the unique sounds and extended techniques that Mazen Kerbaj developed for the instrument in the past 25 years; it consists of 318 pieces ranging from less than a second to forty seconds each, and presenting different sonic materials. This catalogue of sounds works on various levels: first and foremost, it is a trumpet solo that could be played in its original order, or in random mode to create different pieces of music. But it is also a collection of samples that could be used for various applications (ringtones, phone sound effects, cinema…) and, of course, to create new pieces of music based on sampling.?

The second part of the project is the composition Sampled for a musician working with loops and/or samples. The composition has one instruction: create a piece of music using solely tracks from Sampler as your sound source (with the possibility to use all kind of effects or treatment). Each interpreter/musician becomes thus a co-composer who appropriates the piece and makes it their own. In this regard, the musicians that were commissioned to play Sampled were chosen from different geographical origins and musical genres to create highly different and personal pieces of music.?

TRACKS:

• CD ONE:
• 01. Sample 1 to Sample 318
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• CD TWO
• Sampled 1. Blue Malediction
• Featuring – Deena Abdelwahed

• Sampled 2. Norm Hollows Function
• Featuring – Dieb13

• Sampled 3. Pendulum
• Featuring – Rrose

• Sampled 4. Untitled
• Featuring – Marina Rosenfeld

• Sampled 5. Chainsaw
• Featuring – Rabih Beaini

• Sampled 6. Time Traveler
• Featuring – Donzilla Lion

• Sampled 7. Trumpet Zoo
• Featuring – DJ Sniff

• Sampled 8. Mazen's Trumpet
• Featuring – Electric Indigo

• Sampled 9. Untitled
• Featuring – Muqata'a

• Sampled 10. Dreams Of Dust
• Featuring – Microhm

• Sampled 11. The Sign To Return Is In The Earth's Spin
• Featuring – Fari Bradley

• Sampled 12. Now Serving #8190
• Featuring – Gavsborg

• Sampled 13. Untitled VFeaturing – Bob Ostertag