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Bennetzen, Kirkegaard & Blais
Copenhagen, Denmark

"Impressions"
Andreas Bennetzen - double bass
Helianne Blais - violin
Greggers Kirkegaard - piano, composer

Something as rare as the music made for an interactive art exhibition, will now be released on CD for the first time. These recordings are based on "The Alchemy of Glass" - interactive sound and music, created by multimedia artist, Gregers Kirkegaard, to mixedmedia installation "Sanselabyrinten" on Holmegaards Glasvaerk in the spring of 2006. Gregers Kirkegaard invited string ensemble Purple Strings -- violinist Helianne Blais (Efterklang, Simon Toldam etc.) and dopuble bassist Andreas Bennetzen (Poeten og Lillebror, Salem, HalfMachine etc.) in the project and after an uplifting concert together in the summer of 2006 was the start to include "Impressions", "Two South" and "Caught in the crossfire." This recording was made in one take