In / Out (A Soundscape Theatre For Double Bass and Tapes)

Following up on his Balkan-jazz-folk-opera album ‘Rousilvo’ (2018), Macedonian composer/multi-instrumentalist Dine Done presents In/Out as the second release on the neRED music label in cooperation with ECM Records.

The 21-minute long album has been referred to as a Soundscape Theater for Double Bass and Tapes and was recorded live on July 1, 2016 in Domagk Ateliers, Munich as a part of the vernissage for In Searching of a Common Ground #2, an exhibition of eleven contemporary Macedonian artists.

As a play in one act, In/Out is a dialogue between a soloist and a soundscape of pre-recorded compositions and field recordings made in several European cities, which runs through the performance. The question of what is “in” and what is “out” creates a dialectical conversation between the actor/improviser and the composer/thinker.

Common ground, division within, contradiction, homecoming, unbelonging, disquiet and exile arise in succession as subjects upon which an intensive dialogue takes place. Dine Doneff : double bass