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Asterballoo 22

by Rob Clutton Trio

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Asterballoo 11:35
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Spa 14:47
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Sud 09:26
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Clutton, Ng and Fraser are some of my favourite musicians on the planet, all of whom remain greatly underrated on the international scene, most likely due to their somewhat under-the-radar Toronto existence, but also perhaps because their understated and unpretentious music, at least to my mind, requires a discerning audience - one that can fully appreciate the music’s subtlety, spaciousness, patience and investigative nature without the allure of a flashy in-your-face bravado.

In May of 2022, the trio made their way to Berlin, my 2nd home, where I got to hear them for the first time outside of our collective home base Toronto. As I bore witness to them presenting their music in Berlin, I recall the feeling of simply sitting quietly and letting the effortlessness and beauty of their music flow through and over me… I felt proud, and I was moved. I was moved at the time, and again upon listening to the recording of these performances. I recall hearing Clutton’s piece ‘Spa’ for the first time and was both captivated and inspired.

Sonically, this is clearly a live recording, but in the best sense of it, bringing the listener almost physically into the intimate, cozy venues where the performances took place. The addition of the track with Berlin guests Attias and Rößler, who joined the trio in the 2nd set, offers a lovely document of the community feeling that pervaded at Sowieso that night with a meeting of musicians from different, albeit connected communities. Thank you for listening to this music.

- Lina Allemano, January 2024

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released February 26, 2024

Asterballoo 22
Rob Clutton Trio featuring Karen Ng and Nick Fraser

Karen Ng: Reeds
Nick Fraser: Drums
Rob Clutton: Double Bass

Special guests:
Michaël Attias: Reeds (track 3)
Isabel Rößler: Kontrabass (track 3)

Tracks 1 and 3 recorded by Dan Peter Sundland at Sowieso Berlin on May 7, 2022.

Track 2 recorded by Aaron Lumley at de Roze Tanker in Amsterdam on May 8, 2022.

Mixed by Snailbongbong

Mastered by Fedge

Thanks to Aaron Lumley, Antti Virtaranta, and Isabel Roessler for basses. Thanks to David and everyone at Sowieso, and Carelain and everyone at de Roze Tanker.
Additional thanks to Randi Helmers, Tim Posgate, Lee Pui Ming, Pete Johnston, Lina Allemano, Chiyoko Szlavnics, and the Clutton family.
Thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts for help with travel.

photo: Klaus Kürvers

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Rat-drifting music searches for specificity, celebrates detail. It experiments with radical particularity and wonders about the possibilities and potentials of those experiments. If the music drifts, it does so in the hopes that the listener drifts with it—her/his imagination experimenting with the possibilities of the music as well, as they find their own route through their own experience. ... more

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