Transatlantic

Chimera, in Greek, means the incorporation of disparate elements, and in this collection, spiritual nature themes, floating romantic, melodies, a funky, broken cityscape, slow evolution and jagged hip-hop funk intertwine. Over two sessions in the summer of 2006, the Dutch alto wizard, Ewout Dercksen, added his improvised melody and commentary on tracks prepared by Rolf Kempf on a Korg OASYS, or, on Way Out Ewout, on Ableton Live software. The result is two different ways of getting to the same place, sometimes exotic, sometimes down-to-earth, and always fresh and new, even over many listenings. This version will soon be out of print, to be replaced by Chimera 2, with different featured artists.