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Verity Sharp shares our latest improvised collaboration session between Mancunian double bassist and producer Maxwell Sterling and vocalist and performer Dali de Saint Paul.

A prominent figure in the Bristolian experimental music scene, Dali De Saint Paul is known for her eclecticism and versatility. As an improviser, her voice is a means of catharsis, moving the music from free-jazz to post-classical sound worlds via ambient, electronic and industrial gestures. Her interest in melding genres has led to collaborations with a multiplicity of artists including Moor Mother and Valentina Magaletti, as well as projects like the feminist collective Viridian Ensemble, the industrial duo Harrga, and The Ephemeral Project 64, which disbanded after the total of 64 performances had been completed.

In this session, she is joined by composer Maxwell Sterling, who brings to the studio a spirit of experimentation as well as two different double-basses and a choice of synthesizers. Fascinated by the contrasts and connections between acoustic and synthesized music traditions, this London-based artist鈥檚 recent work has focused on the immediacy of musical communication, his latest album taking inspiration from both Gregorian chant and hyper-modern digital processing.

Elsewhere in the show, a tender piano piece from Hania Rani鈥檚 new record On Giacometti, dedicated to the life and art of the Swiss sculptor and painter, and a freely improvised avant-garde track by Taste Rubber, a newly formed quartet from Chicago. Plus fuzz sonics from the debut album S谩mi Noise by S谩mi-Norwegian guitarist and joiker Viktor Bomstad.

Produced by Silvia Malnati
A Reduced Listening production for 大象传媒 Radio 3