Bloom

Improvising vocalist, folk singer, storyteller, pianist: on her ECM debut Areni Agbabian focuses the range of her skills in music that casts a quiet spell. A sparse music in which voice, piano and the subtle percussion of Nicolas Stocker (last heard on ECM with Nik Bärtsch’s Mobile ensemble), continually shade into silence. The California-born Agbabian, who came to international attention with the groups of Tigran Hamasyan, draws deeply upon her Armenian heritage, reinterpreting sacred hymns, a traditional tale, a folk melody transcribed by Komitas and more, and interspersing these elements among her own evocative compositions. Bloom was recorded in Lugano in October 2016 and produced by Manfred Eicher. Her voice has been described as “bell-toned” byThe Guardian and “lush” by the Los Angeles Times, the music she creates with it “intensely focused, moving toward some kind of hidden truth,” according to The New York Times.

Tracks

1~1~Patience: I. Patience Is More Important Now... / Ii. A Time To Be With You As A Time To Pray
1~2~Petal One
1~3~Rain Drops
1~4~Yearning
1~5~Petal Two
1~6~Light Effect
1~7~Anganim Arachi Ko
1~8~The Water Bride
1~9~Mother
1~10~Garun A
1~11~The River
1~12~Anganim Revisited
1~13~Sear
1~14~Full Bloom
1~15~Whiteness
1~16~Colored
1~17~Seeing More

Details

Format: CD
Artist: Areni Agbabian, Nicolas Stocker
Release Date: 26 April 2019
Genre: Jazz
Label: EDITION OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
Distributor: Universal Music