113 minutes of music for four double basses, recorded as played by John Eckhardt; 100% acoustic with no amplification, electronics or other preparations

Wooden USB memory stick with 24bit/96khZ audio (incl. mp3 download), 200 original forest photographies (JPG) with slide show app, several texts on music & making

Polystyrol box with moss, lichens, bark, twigs and other organic material from the forest of Staksund, Sweden; wall mounting

Limited, signed & numbered

In special unity of form and content, „Forests“ presents John Eckhardt’s latest ventures into a secret realm of bass, space & time.
After his pioneering, widely acclaimed solo-bass CD „Xylobiont“ on Evan Parker’s PSI imprint, on „Forests“ John Eckhardt perpetuates his passionate contemplation of the manifold physical and musical nature of his 120 year old sound device.
In nearly two hours of music for four double basses, developed by means of overdubbing, he takes the listener to unknown sounding forests and woodlands. In extended, organically branching and often dramatic pieces, he keeps seeking out places where smallest fluctuations in perception and in the connection of body and instrument are crucial. As in other projects of Eckhardt’s, polarities of observation and action, intuition and planning, atmosphere and detail are combined so continuously and intensely until something else emerges, and starts a life of its own…
Together with two hundred of John Eckhardt’s forest photographies and texts about music and making, the music is provided on a wooden USB memory stick. It is lying in a transparent box with moss, lichens, bark and other forest material. As the photography, it comes from Staksund, the Swedish forest land of the Eckhardt family, which John frequently visits.

forests (excerpts) - www.johneckhardt.de/forests

this recording was made with a mic on the inside of my instrument on a windy day in the forest of staksund, sweden. the pitches you hear are a result of actual wind in the strings, there is NO playing whatsoever!

an excerpt from FORESTS - packed with love & bass, and out now on www.johneckhardt.de/forests

Aeål - The forest listenend to from the inside of a double bass

CEDRI: a gate to the sound world of FORESTS, this piece extensively probes the physics and spectrum of the lowest, open bass string.

first excerpt from FORESTS, a new 113 minute album of music for four double basses, recorded as played by john eckhardt. 

(100% acoustic, no electronics, amplification or other preparations used.)

COMING SOON ON NEW LABEL!

www.johneckhardt.de

forests: cedri (excerpt) OUT NOW: www.johneckhardt.de/forests

XYLOTOPE stochastic voodoo.

second excerpt from FORESTS, a new 113 minute album of music for four double basses, recorded as played by john eckhardt.

every physical copy will be handcrafted with care and absolutely unique - stay tuned for details!

(100% acoustic, no electronics, amplification or other preparations used.)

COMING SOON ON NEW LABEL!

www.johneckhardt.de

forests: xylotope (excerpt) OUT NOW: www.johneckhardt.de/forests

NEMORA the many mechanical parts of the double bass sing the ballad of holy forests.

third excerpt from john eckhardts 113 minute album of music for four double basses.

every physical copy will be handcrafted with care and absolutely unique - touchable, biological, revivable...

the sound will arrive in 96khz/24bit (mp3 for download) - stay tuned for details!

(100% acoustic, no electronics, amplification or other preparations used.)

COMING SOON ON NEW LABEL!

www.johneckhardt.de

forests: nemora (excerpt) OUT NOW: www.johneckhardt.de/forests

FUNGI pizzicato styles

fourth excerpt from an upcoming 113 minute album of music for four double basses, played as recorded by john eckhardt.
every physical copy will be handcrafted with care and absolutely unique - touchable, biological, revivable...
the sound will arrive in 96khz/24bit (mp3 for download), with several texts, john eckhardt's forest photography and a custom mobile application.

(100% acoustic, no electronics, amplification or other preparations used.)

COMING SOON ON NEW LABEL!

www.johneckhardt.de

forests: fungi (excerpt) OUT NOW: www.johneckhardt.de/forests

SVARTÄLVEN harmonic osmosis

fifth excerpt from an upcoming 113 minute album of music for four double basses, played as recorded by john eckhardt.
every physical copy of a limited edition will be handcrafted with care and absolutely unique - touchable, biological, revivable!
the sound will arrive in 96khz/24bit (mp3 for download), with several texts (including one by barre phillips), john eckhardt's forest photography and a custom mobile application.

(100% acoustic, no electronics, amplification or other preparations used.)

COMING SOON ON NEW LABEL!

www.johneckhardt.de

forests: svartälven (excerpt) OUT NOW: www.johneckhardt.de/forests

www.johneckhardt.de

John Eckhardt is a hunter-gatherer of all things bass and one of the most versatile bass artists in a wide field of today's music. As acoustic and electric bass player, he features on over 40 recordings and in solo and ensemble performances around the globe. He has published a series of internationally acclaimed solo releases as one of a kind art editions, and employs bass instruments to probe room acoustics, landscapes and histories in sound installations. His Basswald DJ podcast is dedicated to experimental sound system culture. In addition, his passion for photography has fed into his work as well.