AUM: Grey Heron [pmgjazz 053] 2024
Grey Heron
AUM
053
Release Date: 14.12.2024

Take a deep breath. As you exhale, vocalize the sound ‘A.’ Slowly begin to close your mouth—the sound will shift from ‘A’ to ‘U,’ and finally to ‘M’ as your lips meet. AUM.

AUM’s debut album unites Tomevski, Hadji Kocev, and Teodosiev in a live recording made in Skopje at KIC, Salon 19:19. They are frequent collaborators across many formations, bringing their shared perspectives and vocabularies into this project that challenges listeners to immerse themselves in its depth.

Grey Heron is an exploration of the sacred and the primal, inspired by AUM—the primordial sound, a symbol of creation and destruction. Through their interplay, the trio channels this duality, shaping a sound where strict forms serve as the foundation providing structure and focus, freely expanding into uncharted territory. This music resonates with the weight of existence, evoking the echo of the sacred syllable AUM.

Blagojche Tomevski – bass clarinet
Konstantin Hadji Kocev – piano
Dragan Teodosiev – drums

Composed by Konstantin Hadji Kocev

Recorded by Vladan Drobicki on 01.11.2024 at Salon 19:19
Mixed and mastered by Vladan Drobicki, November 2024
Cover art by Ilija Madjarov
Produced by Vladan Drobicki

Tracklist

1.
Grey Heron
08:04
2.
Petrichor
09:29
3.
Concrete Scar
10:14
4.
Out of That Which Never Was
15:06
5.
Aspect of the Shepherd Dog
10:52

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