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JASON ECKARDT: Passage

Catalogue No.: 
0022028KAI
EAN Code: 
9120010186285
Recording Date: 
14 Sep 2018, 13 Apr & 25 May 2021
Recording Venue: 
Oktaven Audio, Yonkers, NY/USA
Release: 
January 2024

Jason Eckardt’s composition Passage is a profound exploration of the unsettling history surrounding the CIA’s interest in sensory deprivation and its impact on human psychology. Divided into three movements – Subject, Ascension, and Testify – Eckardt delves into the dark legacy of interrogation techniques, shedding light on the use of sound and light as weapons in various global conflicts. In a separate work, pulse-echo, Eckardt transforms the piano into a resonant body, drawing inspiration from the instrument’s fundamental design. The piece, influenced by Arnold Schoenberg’s reflection on art as a cry of distress, encapsulates the powerful intersection of personal experience and the universal pulse of humanity.

Jason Eckardt
Passage (2011/14/18) for String Quartet
1.
Subject (2011)
14:44
2.
Ascension (2014)
07:24
3.
Testify (2018)
25:25
pulse-echo (2013) for Piano Quintet
22:02
Total Time: 
01:09:35