Composition, Arranging, Improv and Solo Work

This is a private playlist, devoted to the live musical excerpts from the THE WORD OF THE YEAR, written produced and performed by Jordan Sand.

This work came together as a solo theater album between 2020 - 2021⁣⁣.
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It explored the topics of ⁣
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Isolation ⁣⁣
Influence ⁣⁣
Displacement ⁣⁣
Family⁣⁣
Flow ⁣⁣
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First premiered as a video piece through Ithaca Underground (NY) and Experimental Sound Studios (Chicago) for the Quarantine Concert Series, April 2021.

⁣⁣Produced in Norway, together with Sonic Transmissions North and Dokkhuset Scene.

Filmed by Juliane Schütz and Arild Schei
Recorded by Sondre Christoffersen
Mixed by Dana Billings

Excerpt from The Word of the Year: Howl

Ben Rempel – percussion
Nelson Moneo – violin
Jordan Sand – voice, bass
Alexandria Smith – recording and mix


"Fable" composed and arranged by Jordan Sand
Overture to "Suite Myth" San Diego 2018
©2018 Jordan Sand

Fable – Chamber Ensemble Demo

Kai Basanta – drums and production
Jordan Sand – double bass, voice, strings, composition, lyrics
Tim McNalley – recording and mix
Dana Billings – recording and mix

Travel Light by CREATURES

Pending Xenopora: Snail Voice 4.2 'Chem Snails'

Pending Xenophora: Snail Voice 6.1 'Carousel'

Pending Xenophora: Snail Voice 12.3 'Choir'

Excerpt from The Word of the Year: Palm To Chest

Pending Xenophora: Ambient

Excerpt 1 – MYHR MOBECK SAND Live in Oslo 19.11.24

Second Half – MYHR MOBECK SAND Live in Oslo 19.11.24

Recorded Nov 13th 2024 at Tonal Park Studio in Washington D.C.
Engineer: Don Godwin
Mix: Jordan Sand

Improv Demos at Tonal Park – Track 8

Arr. Jordan Morton and Kristján Martinsson
Double Bass - Jordan Morton
Piano - Kristján Martinsson
Recorded by Andri Olafsson Dec 11 2011 
Conservatorium van Amsterdam

Crepuscule With Nellie - Thelonious Monk

Kai Basanta - drums and piano
Jordan Sand - bass and voice

recorded by Harley Small at the Space Studios in Vancouver, BC July 26 2015
mixed by Dana Billings at Electric Wilburland in Ithaca, NY August 31, 2015

Loose Cannon by CREATURES

Recorded live in Rolston Recital Hall Dec 9th, 2018 at the Banff Centre
Engineered by James Clemens-Seely and Andrew Chung
Mixed by Andrew Chung

The Hare (studio version)

Fable (studio version)

Jordan Sand is a string player and singer, weaving vocals into the organ-like resonances of the bowed double bass. She currently lives in Trondheim, Norway, writing new electro-acoustic music and spinning songs for the un-mined polyphonic voices of her instrument.