{"product_id":"spring-flood","title":"Spring Flood","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith Spring Flood, Mariam Wallentin and Vestnorsk Jazzensemble present a new collective work in which improvisation, poetry, and vivid imagery merge into\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ea living, organic expression.The album originates from Wallentin’s stay in Basel in the spring of 2023. There, with the Rhine as a constant sonic backdrop, a\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eseries of diary notes began to take shape. She brought these fragments to Bergen, where she met the West Norwegian Jazz Ensemble.Initially intended as\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003erehearsals, the sessions took place in a studio — Mariam realized the opportunity had to be seized. She out the crumpled notes from Basel she had in her bag,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003enow almost distilled into lyrical fragments, small clouds of chords, memories and impressions.Over the course of just two days in the studio, they shaped and\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eexplored these ideas together into something collective, through openness, presence, deep listening, and intuitive interplay.The result is an album consisting\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eof seven original pieces and a rare cover, moving between the tender and the insistent, the airy and the electrified. The music can whisper like grass or surge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003elike a spring flood — where red symbolizes tenderness, blue melancholy, and everything revolves around the longing that spring awakens within us.The West\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNorwegian Jazz Ensemble is known for its ever-changing line-ups and close collaborations with selected composers. The project with Wallentin arose from an\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003einvitation by the ensemble and developed further through concerts and a strong sense of collective interplay. The recording took place over two days at Duper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStudio in Bergen and captures a moment of musical presence where ideas and expression emerge in real time. The ensemble consists of a wide range of\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003emusicians who together create a rich and dynamic soundscape: from harp textures shimmering like flowing water, to percussion inspired by the sounds of\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003enature, and a core rhythm section that drives the music forward with both weight and lightness. Spring Flood is an album about movement — in nature, in the\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ebody, and in relationships. It explores the fleeting and the enduring, the individual and the collective, and music’s ability to open spaces for both reflection and\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003epresence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Plant","offers":[{"title":"LP Vinyl","offer_id":54475804016963,"sku":"RPT-23207","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/1601\/8499\/files\/9777a96836d86df95e5ff0c5b97846d4.png?v=1778579510","url":"https:\/\/www.recordplant.co.uk\/products\/spring-flood","provider":"Record Plant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}