Liminal Spaces
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about
Emil Karlsen - drums
credits
Recorded by Aimee Large
Saint Augustine's Wrangthorn, Leeds
11 March 2024
Mixed by Emil Karlsen
Mastered by Chris Sharkey
Photography by Ed Jones
Design by Matthew Brandi
Produced by Mark Wastell
Ed Jones (PRS), Emil Karlsen (TONO)
Saxophones and mouthpieces handmade by Dave Walker, All Brass & Woodwind Ltd, Leeds
"Four years after their first release together, which was reviewed here, Emil Karlsen (drums and percussion) and Ed Jones on the saxophones produce another great recording for the sax and drums tradition. And one of the best for 2025, I dare to comment. Confront has built an eclectic and open to new sounds catalogue of improvisational musics, having cut most ties with what we call (or I do) free jazz. Not that this juicy, clocking in over an hour, CD is “just” free jazz. A more accurate description, hoping that I don’t get to label the music, would be that Liminal Spaces bridges the gap between free jazz and free improvisation with absolute success. The duo’s playing is free, low key but full of energy and concentrated. Their interaction allows them to hear and play, with that order. All tracks are full of possibilities, never quite ending the way they started. They play almost in unison, as if their music derives only from collective thinking and not from individual approaches. They never resolve to high levels of volume, apart from very short joyful passages. The mastering by Chris Sharkey allows the listener to get a grasp of their two way struggle: communication between them and a will to continue playing together, never resolving to any kind of solo playing tradition. Jones is always a joy to listen to his sax, be it tenor or soprano, and has become a favorite of mine. I bet that his willingness to interact makes his and ideal partner for any musician who is eager to improvise. Surely he seems ideal for Emil Karlsen who has, repeatedly, for some years now been playing and interacting the hard way –the way of collective free improvisation. After repeated listening, considering that this music last for over an hour, you get to listen to many short phrases and melodies that pop-up for seconds, only to leave their space to the next ideas. What a fruitful, thrilling recording this is." (Free Jazz Blog)
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