Gift

"...exceptionaly high-quality independent release."
Great Discs, The Australian Financial Review

The Performers

Anne Norman

Jarek Czechowicz
acoustic guitar

Reviews

"...tremendously evocative...exceptionaly high-quality independent release."
Great Discs, Financial Review

"...inspired music...engaging and relaxing...a soothing way to unwind..."
AMTA Journal, Australian Massage Therapists Association

"...mesmerising...profoundly beautiful...Turn the lights down, relax and enjoy."
The Boite, 3RD magazine

"...the essence of peace and relaxation...This music is meditative and non-intrusive with a distinctly oriental flavour."
Society News, The Society of Clinical Masseurs

"Many of the musical phrases were formed around the duration of a relaxed breath. This gives 'Gift' a calming quality"
What's On The Planet

"Remarkably, their hushed collaboration sounds assiduosly composed but is entirely improvised. ...relaxing...atmospheric...melodic grace..."
The Australian

Unique

After their first meeting on New Years Eve 1996 Norman and Czechowicz knew that a unique musical work was in the making. With no preparation or discussion of the music they simply played. Their next two meetings produced this recording.

Rapport

The music was created through the musicians' ability to react to each others ideas instantly. Rapport at this level usually takes many years to develop.

Shakuhachi

The shakuhachi is a Japanese bamboo flute. Consequently this recording has an Asian influence in its sparse and elegant melodic lines.

From The Sleeve

...as thread for that weaver, whose web within me growing follows beyond my knowing some pattern sprung from nothing - a rhythm that dances and is not mine. Judith Wright,
Australian Poet