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<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nFour musicians from four different countries who have collaborated in a variety of configurations over the past ten years \u2013 Jelena Ciric<\/strong> (Serbia\/Canada), Snorri Hallgr\u00edmsson<\/strong> (Iceland), C\u00e9cile Lacharme <\/strong>(France) and Oliver Patrice Weder <\/strong>(Switzerland) \u2013 all came together for the first time in the spring of 2023 on the site of an old shoe factory in the mountains of Mallorca to create something special. The idea was to capture a moment in time, a musical analog to a photograph or a still-life painting in the form of a live performances over the course of four days.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If that location sounds familiar, it is the place where Weder took up residence after years of traveling around the globe and made the focus of his place-inspired album The Shoe Factory <\/em><\/strong>which premiered here on the blog\u00a0in January of last year<\/a>. Nestled in the Serra de Tramuntana<\/strong> range that forms Mallorca\u2019s northern backbone, it provided a cozy setting for these four talented artists to improvise while the tape rolled and captured the music we hear on a newly released EP aptly titled Tramuntana Tapes I<\/em><\/strong>. <\/p>\n The album is a pleasant reminder that improvisation does not always demand showmanship or grandstanding. What we have here is a group of kindred spirits who clearly enjoy being with each other and lingering in the beautiful moments they are able to patiently create. <\/p>\n As it turns out, the cameras were rolling as well and so here for you to enjoy is a video premiere of the band performing the EP\u2019s mesmerizing lead off track \u201cA Little Longer\u201d.<\/p>\n
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