THE BORDER
10 tracks, 43 minutes, cd in digi-pack with 8 page full-colour
booklet
€ 15,00
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In 2021, the Dutch press described the music of the music theater production Grenspaal 369. “The music of composer Douwe Eisenga, full of melancholy winds
and fierce percussion, energetically propels the performance”.
I rewrote the music for the new album The Border. The ten instrumental songs, detached from the original performance, together form a painting of sound.
The saxophone parts, beautifully played by Erik-Jan de With, mixes with piano, lots of percussion, brass and electronic soundscapes.
TRACKS
01. At the Coast
02. Encounter
03. Perfect Picture
04. The Voyage
05. Here
06. Coming Back
07 Drifted Ashore
08. The Border
09. Confrontation
10. Departure
LISTEN
MUSICIANS
Erik-Jan de With, Douwe Eisenga
ARTWORK
Tijl Slagboom, Snowball
PRESS QUOTES
HEAVEN
...the neoclassical music is so enchanting and compelling that it won't let you go for a second...
ALL ABOUT JAZZ
...The Border..., creating a sense of vastness, openness, and power, like staring out at the ocean...., to that feeling of limitlessness and mystery that is at the heart of mankind's perception of the ocean.
Eisenga made a series of ingenious choices..., every idea on each of The Border's ten tracks meshes together to create a whole far greater than the sum of its parts.
TEXTURA
Eisenga's handling of the slow-build from piano-centred delicacy to drum-pounding declamation in The Border testifies to his highly developed skill-set... Expertly crafted and imaginatively scored....
PZC
...enchanting, compelling, varied and rich in contrast....