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01. JOZEF VAN WISSEM - The Day Is Coming
02. JOZEF VAN WISSEM - Amor Fati (Love Is A Religion)
03. JOZEF VAN WISSEM - Son Of Dawn
04. JOZEF VAN WISSEM - After The Fire Has Devoured All, It Will Consume Itself
05. JOZEF VAN WISSEM - Ex Nex
06. JOZEF VAN WISSEM - Our Hearts Condemn Us
ARTIST
TITLE
Ex Patris
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
IMPREC 267CD IMPREC 267CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
8/23/2010

"The title Ex Patris ('from the fathers') plays on the idiomatic baroque lute compositions presented here which emulate the classical repertoire. It also refers to this almost forgotten instrument, which was passed on by the fathers. The aim is to bring back and liberate the lute. Composer-lute player Jozef Van Wissem is renowned for his unusual approach of the Renaissance and Baroque lute. He cuts and pastes classical pieces, reverses melodies, adds electronics and processed field recordings made at airport lounges and train stations. The unusual wedlock of composition and improvisation creates an unheard amalgam of contemporary folk and late Renaissance music. He has accomplished the strange feat of bridging the idiom of seventeenth century lute literature and twenty-first century composition. Although Van Wissem uses subtle electronic sound manipulation, he has largely stayed faithful to the particular timbre, resonance and playing technique of the lute. Van Wissem first came to be noticed a few years ago because of his radical conceptual approach to Renaissance lute music: he deconstructed existing compositions, for instance, by playing them backwards. He also composes his own pieces for lute, using palindromes and mirrored structures. His music therefore does not have a traditional linear progression, nor leads to a climax, it rather stays on the same level of intensity. His music is quiet and not so much demands concentrated listening, as it will bring the listener in a state of concentrated listening."