DESCRIPTION:
When the light is just right in a space, we can observe fine particles of dust shifting in the air currents, vibrating in place, before being shuffled away into unexpected patterns.

I relate this story not to describe TUMBLE as being a gentle album, but that its method of construction is one of an observable, unpredictable relationship between two elements.

Macroscopic shards and particles of sound are coaxed out of Johnny Chang's violin, partially familiar to the ear, in that we recognize the instrument, yet the point of view is one through a magnifying glass where, instead of a concentrating on the defined tone of a vibrating string, we hear the action itself - the physical meeting between rosin, hair, and gut.

Moving along an intersecting plane, Jamie Drouin's undulating harmonics of sine tones and statics, create an electrical air current which pushes, redefines and, at times, alienates Chang's violin. Drouin occupies an undefined territory between foreground and background - the exact influence on Chang is in flux, but his tones breathe alternating warm and cold life into the compositions.

TUMBLE documents the first recording session of Berlin-based Johnny Chang and British Columbia-based Jamie Drouin in Chang's Berlin studio on November 23, 2011.

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