Abstract Visions of a Foreign Land

by Steve Saunders

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	1.	Movement I 06:28
	2.	Movement II 09:20
	3.	Movement III 05:42
	4.	Movement IV 05:46
	5.	Movement V 03:39
	6.	Movement VI 09:55

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Devised for an eleven piece ensemble, this six-movement composition amalgamates influences from modern jazz circles with the language of contemporary classical composers, most notably spectral composers such as Gérard Grisey and Tristan Murail. The work aims to coalesce the spheres of improvisation and frequency-based composition, and is titled after the process of image formation in the brain, a concept explored deeply throughout the work; our brain can form lucid, extremely vivid images of worlds we have not yet seen, formed entirely from words on a page or aural descriptions - ever-changing images that seem so real we form deep attachments to them, yet they can be strikingly different from the actualities of these worlds.

Recorded live at the Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, UK on 10th April 2019.

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released February 2, 2020

Steve Saunders - Compositions and Guitar

Christos Stylianides - Trumpet
John O’Gallagher - Alto Saxophone
Xhosa Cole - Tenor Saxophone and Flutes
David Sear - Trombone
Percy Pursglove - Bass
James Bashford - Drums

Sarah Farmer - Violin
Maja Pluta - Violin
Natalie Mason - Viola
Angela Monge Alvarez - Cello

Meg Diamond - Flute (Movement IV)
Kaethe Uken - Clarinet (Movement IV)

Mixed and Mastered by Josh Bench; album photography by Ellie Koepke.

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Steve Saunders England, UK

Steve Saunders is a composer, guitarist and improviser based in Birmingham, UK. His most recent work, 'A Tear in the Fabric' for percussion-violin duo premieres in the US mid 2020.

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