Hydro, by Liudas Mockunas

Hydro

by Liudas Mockunas

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1.	HYDRATION SUITE part 1 05:01	buy track
2.	HYDRATION SUITE part 2 02:31	buy track
3.	HYDRATION SUITE part 3 03:16	buy track
4.	HYDRATION SUITE part 4 04:45	buy track
5.	HYDRATION SUITE part 5 04:45	buy track
6.	HYDRATION SUITE part 6 04:34	buy track
7.	HYDRATION SUITE part 7 03:02	buy track
8.	REHYDRATION SUITE part 1 09:34	buy track
9.	REHYDRATION SUITE part 2 03:14	buy track
10.	REHYDRATION SUITE part 3 05:15	buy track
11.	DEHYDRATION 10:25	buy track

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This sort of solo contemplation is actually connected to an instrument’s technical versatility, rather than its nationalism. It’s the same way that Lithuanian soprano and tenor saxophonist Liudas Mockŭnas’ improvisations on Hydro lack any overt Baltic musical inferences. But considering the titles of the seven-part Hydration Suite, three-part Rehydration Suite, and the final extended Dehydration, his relationship with the sea is highlighted. Conspicuously by utilizing “water-prepared” (sic) saxophones, the Hydration Suiteincludes liquid-related sounds, while denser echoes from vibrations of potential coastal and submerged objects share space with the saxophonist’s moist hiccups and puffs, plus seabird-like wails that expand or recede in degrees of pitch and volume. Oddly enough, Hydration Suite part 5, the most abstract outpouring, with dot-dash, kazoo-like treble textures, seemingly only using the sax mouthpiece, precedes the suite’s final sequences, which are delicate and almost vibrato-less. Melodic and expressive, the gentle curlicues could come from a so-called “legit” player. Wolf-like snarls and staccato peeping characterize the Rehydration Suite, but the track also emphasizes Mockŭnas’ reed fluidity, encompassing circular breathing, emphatic screams and gut-propelled emotional sweeps. A compendium of the preceding techniques, the multi-tempo Dehydration showcases the saxophone’s farthest reaches, including pressurized vibratos, whinnying cries falling up instead of down, and gusts that appear to be blowing any remaining water from his instrument, with pure air and key jiggling.

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released November 1, 2017

NBLP 110

All compositions by Samuel Blaser (SUISA/GEMA) and Gerry Hemingway (GEMA/BMI)

Recorded live on the 29th August, 2015 at the Kerkje van Oostum, Groningen, The Netherlands by Bart Schulz / The Church was one of many venues of the 2015 Zomer JazzFietsTour / The festival was produced to Marcel Roelofs

Mastered by Arūnas Zujus at MAMAstudios
Cover drawing by Christine Carboneill, Perpignan, France
Design by Oskaras Anosovas

SIDE A
HYDRATION SUITE part 1
HYDRATION SUITE part 2
HYDRATION SUITE part 3
HYDRATION SUITE part 4
HYDRATION SUITE part 5
HYDRATION SUITE part 6
HYDRATION SUITE part 7

SIDE B
REHYDRATION SUITE part 1
REHYDRATION SUITE part 2
REHYDRATION SUITE part 3
DEHYDRATION

Liudas Mockūnas - clarinet, water prepared soprano, soprano and tenor saxophones, percussion

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