My friend Philip Nangle told me years ago about the technique of kutsinera where two mbira players interlock playing the same part but one beat apart, where the first beat of the second player's part sits in between the first and second notes of the first player's part. 

Which is essentially a delay. 

So here's a simple variation we played in class today, treated with a little random delay.

Score for this is on patreon https://www.patreon.com/derekgripper

Electric Kutsinera 1

The kora music of Toumani Diabaté performed on solo classical guitar.

Jarabi (Passion)

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Track 4 Luzern Trio

This is a sketch of one of the musical processes planned for Cassette Locale, a sound installation for the city of Stockholm, commissioned by Botkyrka Kunsthal. The final direction has moved on from here, but gives the general idea. The sound installation will find each voice heard here being played through an individual speaker so please at least listen to this stereo version on good speakers or headphones. Recorded with one Royer 121 ribbon mic through an AEA Ribbon Preamp by Howard Butcher at Peace of Eden Studios in Knysna.

Cassette Locale Sketch Recording November 11 2013

Recorded in one live take at the home studio of Guy Buttery in Durban during a recent visit. 

Derek - Selva Amazonica Mix

Sound installation to accompany a bike shed by Michael Orchard. Based on the Malian song Jarabi. 

Jarabi For Four Violas

This is the first piece I recorded with the Echo Fix tape delay made in Australia - a perfect modern version of the Roland Space Echo. 

Chiwo Electric Kutsinera

"En Afrique, quand un vieillard meurt, c’est une bibliothèque qui brûle." 

"In Africa, when an old man dies, it's a library burning." Amadou Hampate Ba" 

...quote with thanks to Ben Mandelson and Lucy Duran
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Recorded and Mastered by Simon Ratcliff at Sound and Motion Studios 
Guitar arrangements by Derek Gripper 
Guitar by Hermann Hauser III 
Cover by Twoshoes 
Produced by Derek Gripper 

Lampedusa and Miniyamba by Toumani Diabate and Sidiki Diabate 
Duga by Sekou Batourou Kouyate 
Salama, Bafoulabe, Korobali by Toumani Diabate and orig. performed with Ballake Sissoko for "New Ancient Strings" 
Maimouna by Ballake Sissoko 
Si Naani by Toumani Diabate 
Alfa Yaya by Amadu Bansang Jobarteh 
Anna Magdalena by Derek Gripper

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"En Afrique, quand un vieillard meurt, c’est une bibliothèque qui brûle." 

"In Africa, when an old man dies, it's a library burning." Amadou Hampate Ba" 

...quote with thanks to Ben Mandelson and Lucy Duran
credits
released November 10, 2015 

Recorded and Mastered by Simon Ratcliff at Sound and Motion Studios 
Guitar arrangements by Derek Gripper 
Guitar by Hermann Hauser III 
Cover by Twoshoes 
Produced by Derek Gripper 

Lampedusa and Miniyamba by Toumani Diabate and Sidiki Diabate 
Duga by Sekou Batourou Kouyate 
Salama, Bafoulabe, Korobali by Toumani Diabate and orig. performed with Ballake Sissoko for "New Ancient Strings" 
Maimouna by Ballake Sissoko 
Si Naani by Toumani Diabate 
Alfa Yaya by Amadu Bansang Jobarteh 
Anna Magdalena by Derek Gripper

09 Alfa Yaya   Anna Magdalena

08 Korobali

07 Maimouna

05 Bafoulabe

Tita ... a version by DG

Experimenting with using the melodic and harmonic stricture of a solo Bach piece to improvise an alap. 

Alap on Bach d minor Partita

Spiegel im Spiegel by Arvo Pärt transcribed for solo Guitar by Derek Gripper. Recorded onboard mic iPad Pro. See video on https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5S5A9u4AWWo

Spiegel Im Spiegel By Arvo Pärt

A new composition, rough mix from studio recording, due for release 2018/2019. Recorded at Peace of Eden Studios 2018.

This is a computer generated reading of my String Quartet 1.

A while ago I started writing a very short Ukulele riff every day. Then I started improving with this riff. Then recorded two versions of the first riff in four voices, first with electric guitar, then with two ukuleles and two guitars. At Peasmarsh Chamber Music Festival in 2019 I converted these improvisations into string quartets. This one was premiered at Peasmarsh in 2019.

Quartet 1 - Derek Gripper

This is my computer playing this new composition...

This String Quartet (two violins, viola and cello) is based on the chord sequence from the Malian song Tita first recorded by Fanta Sacko. I wrote this while at Peasmarsh Chamber Music Festival in the UK. It was premiered in a trio version for guitar, cello and violin by myself and Vashti Hunter (cello) and Jonian Ilias Kadesha (violin) at Peasmarsh Festival in 2019.

Quartet 2 - Tita

Inspired by Picasso’s bullfight ink drawing. Solo guitar. Recorded on bare iPad 
Sep 11 2019
Score available to Patrons onhttps://www.patreon.com/derekgripper

Bullfight 1

This is a summary of what we played in the online Covid Zoom Lesson on the 11th of April 2020. We introduced each riff slowly and over the full hour built up these themes.

The song is from my album 'A Year of Swimming" https://platoon.lnk.to/a-year-of-swimming

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Lam Tooro April 11 2020_1

Improvisation on Equinox by Toru Takemitsu.

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indigo equinox

Composition from a week in the Cederberg mountains.

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