AAVD Trio - Anti Glow
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In my estimation, Daniel Van Duerm is one of the most exciting young improvisers in Chicago these days. A keyboard player who creates sonic environments rather comps and who has, in just a few short years carved out a unique and personal style, a sound language I haven’t heard before.
Anti-Glow shows off Van Duerm's particular concept in a context considerably different than ones we’ve heard him in before. Daniel's take on the music - “This performance was during a time of tremendous self doubt...these feelings are often times not articulated in my personal words adequately. To me though, they’re an incredible source of creative energy when harnessed. Examples of my most sincere emotional expression come from exploring these dark hallways inside myself.”
That’s not to say the music is emotionally one dimensional. Darkness and light exist together just like in the rest of our lives. Here in sound, the darkness as well as the light can illuminate. Glow and Anti-Glow. Adams' elastic drumming along with Andrade's responsive yet introspective horn make for a rewarding listening experience. I’m genuinely excited to hear what Van Duerm comes up with next."
Matt Lux - 2020
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This trio was recorded at Elastic Arts in October of 2017. It quickly became a send off for
saxophonist Danny Andrade who would be leaving indefinitely for Brazil in the coming months.
In these excursions of spontaneity exists a fierceness stoked and instituted by Van Duerm’s
dark sometimes otherworldly themes and brought to life by the collective mind of the group.
Van Duerm explains: “This performance was during a time of tremendous self doubt and
disgust. I struggle with myself sometimes. These feelings are often times not articulated in my
personal words adequately, if at all. There is a viciousness inside everyone that most ignore for
good reason. It’s ugly. It’s scary. Everyone is capable of it. Even your grandma. To me though,
it’s an incredible source of creative energy when harnessed. That low nagging growl you have in
the back closet of your mind? Follow it. Examples of my most sincere emotional expression
come from exploring those dark hallways inside myself.” Oneness and Organizer are particular
passages of this.
That’s not to say that everything is dark. “Everyone’s got a heart. It’s important that people are
aware of your depth. How bright or dark you glow is up to you. Light has infinite qualities of
expression and quantification which is what fascinates me about it. It is extremely powerful and
can affect people’s moods subconsciously. What draws you into a low lit bar? What is it about
sunshine that feels so great? Why does overhead artificial office lighting give some people panic
attacks? Music has the power to be the same way.
This work has a large amount of what I like to call ‘Anti-Glow’ It emits a quality of light that is
dark, but it’s brilliance is the same as the purist white.”
An honorary interpretation of Charles Mingus’s Self Portrait in Three Colors appears at the end
of this record. “It’s one of my favorite songs ever written. I think I had just recently learned it.”
AAVD Trio is:
Alexander Adams - Drums & cymbals
Danny Andrade - Tenor saxophone
Daniel Van Duerm - Electric piano, organ & electronics
Recorded live at Elastic Arts in October 2017 by Dave Zuchowski.
Mixed and mastered by Dave Zuchowski.
Photography by Daniel Van Duerm.
CO-RELEASED ON CASSETTE TAPE BY ORB TAPES, AVAILABLE HERE
In my estimation, Daniel Van Duerm is one of the most exciting young improvisers in Chicago these days. A keyboard player who creates sonic environments rather comps and who has, in just a few short years carved out a unique and personal style, a sound language I haven’t heard before.
Anti-Glow shows off Van Duerm's particular concept in a context considerably different than ones we’ve heard him in before. Daniel's take on the music - “This performance was during a time of tremendous self doubt...these feelings are often times not articulated in my personal words adequately. To me though, they’re an incredible source of creative energy when harnessed. Examples of my most sincere emotional expression come from exploring these dark hallways inside myself.”
That’s not to say the music is emotionally one dimensional. Darkness and light exist together just like in the rest of our lives. Here in sound, the darkness as well as the light can illuminate. Glow and Anti-Glow. Adams' elastic drumming along with Andrade's responsive yet introspective horn make for a rewarding listening experience. I’m genuinely excited to hear what Van Duerm comes up with next."
Matt Lux - 2020
CO-RELEASED ON CASSETTE TAPE BY ORB TAPES, AVAILABLE HERE
This trio was recorded at Elastic Arts in October of 2017. It quickly became a send off for
saxophonist Danny Andrade who would be leaving indefinitely for Brazil in the coming months.
In these excursions of spontaneity exists a fierceness stoked and instituted by Van Duerm’s
dark sometimes otherworldly themes and brought to life by the collective mind of the group.
Van Duerm explains: “This performance was during a time of tremendous self doubt and
disgust. I struggle with myself sometimes. These feelings are often times not articulated in my
personal words adequately, if at all. There is a viciousness inside everyone that most ignore for
good reason. It’s ugly. It’s scary. Everyone is capable of it. Even your grandma. To me though,
it’s an incredible source of creative energy when harnessed. That low nagging growl you have in
the back closet of your mind? Follow it. Examples of my most sincere emotional expression
come from exploring those dark hallways inside myself.” Oneness and Organizer are particular
passages of this.
That’s not to say that everything is dark. “Everyone’s got a heart. It’s important that people are
aware of your depth. How bright or dark you glow is up to you. Light has infinite qualities of
expression and quantification which is what fascinates me about it. It is extremely powerful and
can affect people’s moods subconsciously. What draws you into a low lit bar? What is it about
sunshine that feels so great? Why does overhead artificial office lighting give some people panic
attacks? Music has the power to be the same way.
This work has a large amount of what I like to call ‘Anti-Glow’ It emits a quality of light that is
dark, but it’s brilliance is the same as the purist white.”
An honorary interpretation of Charles Mingus’s Self Portrait in Three Colors appears at the end
of this record. “It’s one of my favorite songs ever written. I think I had just recently learned it.”
AAVD Trio is:
Alexander Adams - Drums & cymbals
Danny Andrade - Tenor saxophone
Daniel Van Duerm - Electric piano, organ & electronics
Recorded live at Elastic Arts in October 2017 by Dave Zuchowski.
Mixed and mastered by Dave Zuchowski.
Photography by Daniel Van Duerm.