released August 1, 2011

Recorded live on 27th November 2009 at Red House, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Total Time: 42'32
Mastering by Christian Weber

Design by Fabienne Bartel


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Michel Doneda - soprano and soprano saxophones
Jonas Kocher - accordion, objects

Accordionist dedicated to improvisation, Jonas Kocher collaborates regularly with musicians such as Michel Doneda, Christian Wolfarth, Christoph Schiller, Olivier Toulemonde, Alfredo Costa Monteiro, Luca Venitucci, Joke Lanz, d'incise, Jacques Demierre, Christian Kesten, Gaudenz Badrutt, Christian Müller and many others. Jonas Kocher's work explores the relationships between tone, noise and silence and the process of listening. As a composer he realises projects that are situated between composed theater, installation and concert pieces. His compositions have been presented at Biennale Bern 2010, Theater Basel, Zentrum Paul Klee, Festival Encuentros Buenos Aires, KlangKunstBühne Berlin, Centre Dürrenmatt Neuchâtel, Festival Concentus Moravie, Zagreb Biennale. He is also a hörspiel and theater composer

Over the years, Michel Doneda (b. 1954) has developed one of the most extensive musical vocabularies in free improvisation. A specialist of the soprano saxophone, he has gradually moved from left-field jazz to the fringes of free improv. His playing can be at turns lyrical, playful or raucous, and switch from the liveliness of street melodies to circular breathing, microscopic sounds or shrieking outbursts. His most frequent recording and performing partners over the years have included singer Beñat Achiary, percussionist Lê Quan Ninh, hurdy-gurdy player Dominique Regef and bassist Barre Philipps. The last years he has also performed with Keith Rowe, Bhob Rainey, Giuseppe Ielasi, Alessandro Bosetti, Fabtice Charles, Xavier Charles and has worked with the butoh dancers Masaki Iwana and Yukiko Nakamura. For many years he has been involved in the international improvised music scene, and done tours and festivals in Africa, Japan, Asia, Canada and Russia.