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    Ruben Machtelinckx + Arve Henriksen
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resemblance 03:53
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stone garden 03:37
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dawning 03:13

about

For almost ten years, Ruben Machtelinckx has followed an extraordinary path in Belgian and European improvised music. As a guitarist, but equally as a composer.
It began in 2013, when the quartet Machtelinckx/Badenhorst/Jensson/Wouters released their debut, ‘Faerge’. The album was praised by international press and was listed ‘Best Belgian jazz release’ by KNACK magazine.
In 2020 he won the Klara Award for Best Belgian Jazz release for his latest record: Porous Structures (Aspen 009).
In between were collaborations with Øyvind Skarbø, Nils Økland, Niels Van Heertum, Ingar Zach.
Duos seem to suit gitarist Ruben Machtelinckx well: an interplay between
two individuals.
After projects with Thomas Jillings (Linus), Karl Van Deun
and Frederik Leroux (Poor Isa, Aspen 007), there is now a project with
Norwegian brass player Arve Henriksen.
Arve Henriksen is one of the world’s gentlest, sweetest and purest trumpet
players. He has released more than a dozen albums under his own name,
mostly with the exceptional label Rune Grammofon. He has been part of
projects by Christian Wallumrød, Trygve Seim and Trio Mediæval, among
others, which found a home at ECM. He is also a member of the avant-garde quartet Supersilent.

Guitar and trumpet. Trumpet and guitar. The pawns on the board are few in number and modest in decoration. Again, Machtelinckx opts for the purely acoustic.
Including improvisations that are everything but hermetic, with
special guitar tunings and a focus on texture experiments.
And including eight vintage Machtelinckx compositions, with singable melodies and strong harmonies.
A short story is a meeting of two gentle musicians from which nothing but
quiet music can emerge, so straightforward that it hurts a little. The album is testimony of the very first time they met and the tension that comes with
it.
The artwork was made especially for the album by Jockum Nordström.

credits

released January 4, 2022

Ruben Machtelinckx: guitar, tenor guitar
Arve Henriksen: trumpet


Recorded by Stijn Cools at kunstencentrum nona, August 2021
Mixed by Stijn Cools
Mastered by Gert Van Hoof at Cochlea

Artwork and copyright by Jockum Nordström - Photography by Per-Erik Adamsson
Design by Robin Foesters

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