The Roto sessions took place on Sundays, a creative routine Ludvigson & Reekie (Trip To The Moon) have been observing for over 20 years. Roto is their 7th album together.
The album is a collection of live Electro-Acoustic-Ambient improvisations - no overdubs - recorded direct to digital 2-track. Electronica keys, Vocoder and piano on one track, guitar (just a looper & delay) on the other, and no guests involved.
It makes for heading off towards an unknown destination liberating. As Miles Davis said: "I'll play it first and tell you what it's called later". Ornette Coleman put his own spin on it when he declared "the sound is the freedom - the chord doesn't mean a thing".
For Ludvigson and Reekie, it was a case of capturing a vibe and just going with it. Where one ends up often takes the music to unscheduled destinations...
In the past the pair have released albums as Trip to the Moon, with other well-known New Zealand jazz musicians Greg Johnson on trumpet, Jim Langabeer on woodwinds and Nigel Gavin on glissentar.
Track List:
- Roto
- Catch
- Fantasy Garden
- The Hourglass
- Ghost At The Crossing
- In A Vision
