tea time
Nicolas Bussman robot-controlled piano
Sven-Åke Johansson drums
Yan Jun voice
If you think that the constellation of Nicholas Bussmann, Sven-Åke Johansson and Yan Jun is a sort of dream lineup, you are not far off the mark. The joint improvisations that you hear on tea time capture a sound that once came to Bussmann in a dream and that he made a reality with the help of his fellow musicians. The trio recorded the five pieces across two days at Johansson’s SÅJ studio with engineer Andrew Levine, working with Bussmann’s curious piano robot while Johansson was on percussion and Yan Jun made use of his extended, unconventional vocal techniques. Bussmann speaks of a ‘double fakeness of fake jazz meeting fake throat singing’ when talking about what he dreamt up and what the three of them managed to capture perfectly without any prior preparation in the studio.
recorded by Andrew Levine on 26 & 27 July 2022
at SÅJ Studio, Berlin
mixed by Nicolas Bussman
mastered by Andreas Lupo Lubich
all music by Bussmann, Johansson, Jun
liner notes by Sun Zhizheng
triple portrait drawing by Wen Ling
graphic design by Laurent Daubach
listen to:
nivuniconnu.bandcamp.com/album/tea-time
Ni-Vu-Ni-Connu Productions 2024
nvnc-lp052