release date: 18 June 2024 on Greydisc Records
It is a real honour for us announcing the Silent Dimensions, the new Greydisc Records album from the Gray Eminence of the Guitar, Kevin Kastning (US) and the Virtuoso bassist Bruno Råberg (Sweden/US).
This is their first album together, with more collaborative album projects underway. This pairing of instruments provides a unique palette for these eight new compositions for 36-string Double Contraguitar, 16-string Subcontraguitar, 24-string Subcontraguitar, 28-string Contraguitar, and Double bass Kevin and Bruno have an immediate artistic connection which can be heard in each of these modern compositions.
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Kevin Kastning attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, and has studied privately with guitar legend Pat Metheny. Kevin has composed over 200 works for various solo and chamber group instrumentation. Kevin has recorded albums with Alex de Grassi, Michael Manring, Mark Wingfield, Carl Clements, Sandor Szabo, and others.
Kevin is the inventor of the 36- string Double Contraguitar (see photo at above), the 17-string Extended Hybrid Classical (both featured on this album), the 30-string Contra-Alto guitar, the 28- and 24-string Double Contraguitars, the 15-string Extended Classical guitar, the 16- and 17-string Contraguitars, and others. Kevin’s discography extends to over 50 albums. Since 2019, Kevin has had 16 albums in first-round voting for the Grammy® Awards. He resides in Maine USA.
Bruno Råberg is an internationally renowned bass player and composer. Since coming to the US from his native Sweden in 1981, he has made 12 recordings as a leader, about 30 as a sideman, and has performed with numerous world-class artists. Bruno teaches in the prestigious Berklee Global Jazz Institute lead by pianist Danilo Perez, and at Berklee College of Music in Boston.
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ARTIST: Kevin Kastning // Bruno Råberg
ALBUM: Silent Dimensions
RELEASE DATE: 18 June 2024
LABEL: Greydisc CATALOG #: GDR3588
GENRE: Contemporary Classical, Jazz, New Age, Ambient, Avantgarde
Tracklist:
1. The Constitution of Silence
2. Memory Present Echo
3. Aniline I
4. Transfigure Vanish I
5. Transfigure Vanish II
6. Aniline II
7. Light Still and Moving
8. Nebula Alba
Line up:
Kevin Kastning: 36-string Double Contraguitar, 16-string Subcontraguitar, 24-string Subcontraguitar, 28-string Contraguitar
Bruno Råberg: Double bass