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Same Self, Same Silence’ documents the unique collaboration between the Iranian grandmaster Hossein Alizadeh and the Dutch Rembrandt trio. In an ancient church, Persian melodies and oriental scales intermingle with echoes of jazz – all played on a set of one of a kind instruments.

Invited by the famously inquisitive jazz pianist Rembrandt Frerichs, the prominent lute-player Hossein Alizadeh transports melodies from Iran into a space where all four musicians bring their own traditions and backgrounds into play. Vinsent Planjer, Tony Overwater, Rembrandt Frerichs and Hossein Alizadeh play instruments especially built for them or collected from musical eras past, to find a common language in music.
On ‘Same Self, Same Silence’ – a line lifted from a famous Iranian poem – we can hear how, when we dare to immerse ourselves in a different culture, we discover new horizons.

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Oiro Pena´s “Music From Moments” is a selection of the first solo recordings by the Finnish multi-instrumentalist Pentti Orionen aka Antti Vaukhonen, originally released in digital format on his own platform Häzling Recordings in 2018. In 2 Headed Deer Records we wanted to rescue these compositions by editing an LP in which the musician shows us a wide musical range evolving around a warm and organic sound, either capturing it trough spiritual jazz or folk with a samba cadence, all wrapped up by overdubbing and looping pianos, drums, wind instruments, percussions…and creating a lo-fi atmosphere that makes it even more personal.

Credits

* Produced, recorded, mixed by Pentti Orionen
* Mastering by Nene Baratto at Big Snuff studio, Berlin
* Artwork by Pheel

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These songs are a deep dive into the uncharted soundscape of sonic creation. To explore the unknown, one must cast off all they have learned. Strip away the layers of all preconceptions. Drop them like soiled boots on a weathered hardwood floor. Admit ignorance. Become a vessel of humility and wonder.

My work holds no claims of ingenuity. You might call it atmospheric, ambient, electronic or minimal, but to me all I see is myself, always a loner, a sceptic, a ronin - gone rouge. Whatever it is, I take no credit. I get my cues from a subtle Muse. A sassy shot caller by day and a satin siren by night. Once or twice I got lucky, meeting her when the time was right.

In the silence and mystery of the midnight hours, each song unfurled. In the time for contemplation. The time when Meaning and Purpose hash it out on an imaginary neon battlefield. Let this album become your soundtrack for such battles. Those that end in triumph and those that dissolve in defeat. Humbly, I will be your company.

Credits:
Alex Callenberger- Moog Matriarch, Akai s900, Fender Rhodes Piano Bass, Sequential Prelude, Roland JX-3P, Guitar, FX, all other instruments

Jonathan Sielaff (Golden Retriever)- Bass Clarinet
on Redetermination* Sunset Artist*

Brandon Warren (Early Founder)- Synths,Drones, Bliss on Golden Book*

Produced and Mixed by Alex Callenberger
Mastered by Ryan Foster
Artwork by Daniel Murphy