Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen´s Call is featured on the upcoming solo album Hearing Things, that will be released on the 30.03.2016 on ULTRON.NO
Call is played solo on cimbalom and is a musical state-of-mind taken from the Jar Church in Norway, recorded at night.
Call is the first release from Ultron.no

Call

The title track Hearing Things is played on cimbalom with only hands and adds the use of voice.

HKKS - Hearing Things (excerpt)

In a Landscape works perfectly for a five octave cimbalom. By using the pedal held down as written, it gives a resonance which is similar to the inside of a piano, combined with the finger attacs like that found on a harp. The blend of these two elements leads to a dreamy and ”Satiesque” meditative atmosphere which suspends time. 

John Cage - In A Landscape (excerpt)

For this recording I invited the unique musician and composer Martin Horntveth to join me on live electronics. We basically used two different microphone set-ups – one for my acoustic instruments and one consisting of contacts to work as trigger signals for Martin´s boxes and lap-top. All of his sounds are directly generated via my acoustic signals and thus giving extra musical dimensions and depth to what is already there, which gives a range of possibilities for me as a musician.

Iannis Xenakis - Psappha (excerpt)

Fly is kind of jazz-inspired, using the vibraphone.

HKKS - Fly (excerpt)

In Readings of Mr.G, the soloist is required to combine virtuoso parts in both tuned percussion (vibraphone, tuned gongs, crotales), various drums, wood and handcrafted metal, as well as to recite text and sing, giving life to the voices of the philosopher Mr. Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff (Mr.G) and his pupil Peter Ospensky, who also wrote this text. 

Henrik Hellstenius - Readings Of Mr.G (excerpt)

The title refers both to my father (norwegian: far) and as being distant to the world and near to yourself.

HKKS - Far. (excerpt)

Per Nørgård wrote Isternia originally for cimbalom solo in 1979, but it was not premiered before 2010 by Kjos Sørensen. It is also dedicated to him.
The music of Nørgård is closely related to life and nature and he is the trademark of scandinavian modern classical music.

Per Nørgård - Isternia (excerpt)

Call is played solo on cimbalom and is a musical state-of-mind taken from the Jar Church in Norway, recorded at night.

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