"9"
In May of 2021 the publishing house «Jersika Records» releases an album called «9» by a poetry and improvised music project «klausies» (listen). The album, released both digitally and on vinyl, contains nine stories in English, Latvian and Russian, read by a poet Aleksandra Line and played by a Latvian pianist and composer Edgars Cīrulis and Danish double-bassist and composer Albert Reinholdt Østergaard. The analog recording of the album took place in a concert hall «Latvija» in Ventspils on August 14 and 15 of 2020, in an open recording session with live audience present.
Aleksandra Line
Spoken word, Poetry
Edgars Cīrulis
Piano (Steinway), Glockenspiel
Albert Reinholdt Østergaard
Upright Bass
All music composed by Edgars Cīrulis, Albert Reinholdt Østergaard, except “Piena Ceļš (Sprīdītis)” composed by Imants Kalniņš. Poetry by Aleksandra Line.
Recorded on August 14. - 15. 2020 at Concert Hall “Latvija” Ventspils, Latvia.
Recording Engineer: Mārtiņš Krastiņš.
Assistant Recording Engineers: Mārtiņš Saulespurēns, Krišjānis Geidāns.
Tapes prepared for vinyl release by Mārtiņš Krastiņš.
Digital Mastering at HELI media. Mastering Engineer: Mārtiņš Krastiņš
Piano tuned by Jānis Kalniņš.
Produced by Mareks Ameriks.
Photo: Oskars Upenieks.
Sleeve Design: Edgars Ameriks.
This album was recorded live direct to analog tape using a Studer A 80 1/4” two-track tape recorder without any editing or overdubbing.