Lin Flax, by Raymond MacDonald & David Stackenäs

Lin Flax

by Raymond MacDonald & David Stackenäs

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about

David Stackenäs is widely regarded as one of Swedenʼs most enquiring, adventurous and distinctive guitarists. This record documents his first project with Scottish saxophonist Raymond MacDonald. The duo creates highly textured and intimate soundscapes, at times strongly melodic, with a dark lopsided narrative. 'Lin' translated from Swedish means 'flax' and 'flax' in Swedish means 'luck'. While luck may have played a part when Stackenäs and MacDonald first met in January 2009 in the Glenn Miller Café in Stockholm, the rapport that developed on their first duo tour, culminating in this recording, is born out of a mutual relish of the spontaneous collaborative encounter. Both players embrace the way that these encounters can lead to new insights and artistic developments and this recording showcases these vital elements.

credits

released January 9, 2011

Track 1 recorded at Alison House, Edinburgh University by Martin Parker 12/12/2009. Tracks 2 and 3 recodrded at Glo Spot by John Cavanagh 13/12/2009. Track 4 recorded at Streetlevel Photoworks Gallery by John Cavanagh 13/12/2009. Edited mixed and mastered by John Cavanagh. Thanks to Paul Bream, John Cavanagh, Malcolm Dickson, Bennett Hogg, Martin Parker and Lin Zang