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Twelve - Twelve - Twelve

by Money For Your Whale

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1.
Sea Bottom Bounce 04:36
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2.
Money For Your Whale 02:54
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3.
Dialogue Extérieur No. 1 01:25
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4.
Wake Up Call 04:42
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5.
Kryptonite Blues 03:42
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6.
How Are We Today 01:09
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7.
Tools 05:33
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8.
Dialogue Extérieur No. 2 02:07
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9.
Ear Dreaming 04:05
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10.
Samuel's Piano Lesson 03:39
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11.
The Whales Are Expending (with Heather Segger) 05:02
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12.
Whales in (Re)production (LittleSoundsFactory Remix) 02:39
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about

As Van Heumen and Van Veenendaal draw us into their sonic domain, they immediately assert their sophisticated and well-developed improvising relationship. We are met with what appears, at points, to be a seamless integration of the acoustic and the electronic, resulting in a joyous ambiguity of a musical world that seems to present itself as a single unified entity. Glitchy repeated notes fool us into believing that they have been produced on the piano, until we are unsure as to whether we have just heard the piano interject, or not. Carefully selected preparations along with live sampling techniques twist, transpose and transform the commonplace instrument, and lead us through a constantly evolving exploration of various auditory realms.

But despite the tight alliance that is quickly formed within this album, the clear, distinct voice of each performer comes through in the deliciously crisp and gesturally-sensitive digital world of Van Heumen, and the deliberate tensions, releases and imagery created by Van Veenendaal. But above of all, we do not need to consider the technique and mastery displayed here in order to fully absorb this piece of work. The music itself will transport the listener through states both mechanical yet expressive; percussive and rhythmical, yet ambient and delicate; and human, yet cetacean.

Lauren Sarah Hayes, composer, performer, improviser

credits

released December 2, 2022

Robert van Heumen: laptop instrument
Albert van Veenendaal: prepared piano
12 tracks recorded on December 12, 2012 by Robert van Heumen
mixed and mastered by Robert van Heumen
produced by Albert van Veenendaal and Robert van Heumen
Polaroids: Monique Besten
special thanks to Heather Segger and Monique Besten

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Money For Your Whale Amsterdam, Netherlands

Albert van Veenendaal refers to himself as 'pictorial musician' because of the epical and cinematic character of his music. Improvisation and composition go hand in hand and merge seamlessly.
Robert van Heumen is an electronic musician-composer using an extended laptop instrument to perform highly immersive and hyper-dynamic electro-acoustic music. As a musician, live sampling is his main tool. ... more

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