CHRISTOPHER HOFFMAN - Rex LP Independent at all costs

at all costs

Ikeda’s first album as a leader features pianist and vocalist Ichiko Hashimoto — also known for her involvement with Yellow Magic Orchestra — Berlin-based jazz pianist Aki Takase

He often had other traditional artists from Suistamo as his travelling companions

sounded by Moberg’s accordion and—special guest on this opening piece—the alto saxophone of Mario Gabola

and the postpubescent delinquency

CHRISTOPHER HOFFMAN - Rex LP Independent at all costsREX is a solo cello record written and recorded while Ive been living in the former home of Rex Brasher, a self taught painter who created over 1,200 watercolors of North American birds. Composed for acoustic and electric cello, the record reflects the solitude and intensity that shaped both Brashers vision and my own process. REX is not a portrait, but an echoof a person, a place, and a way of seeing the world. Thank you to Matthew, Munawar, Cynthia