Driftwood, A gift of time
Rits/Zipper
Shakuhachi
Puls
Estampie
Kooi/Cage
Gong
Recercare Vader Onser
Schorpioen/Scorpion
Virgo
Dumtek Prelude
Snuffelbourrée
Snurksarabande

Saskia Coolen, flûte à bec

In the spring of 2017 Saskia Coolen stayed as an artist-in-residence for almost 7 weeks in the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology in Oregon. Her originalplan to improve her old-style improvisation skills was put in a different light by the remark: we don't expect anything from you, take the time and seewhat happens. "This is a gift of time."She started 'playing' and experimenting. New ideas germinated there. New material in old forms and existing music in new forms. Inspired by earlymusic, the shakuhachi, beat boxes, minimal music, playing with lego and the nature of Oregon. So everything. Back in the Netherlands, people in her Zen meditation group sometimes listened to her improvisations and decided that a CD should be made. Theirsilent attentive presence at the recordings was essential. Visual artist Margriet Oomen made drawings inspired by the music for this album. A numberof these drawings are folded into the cover as loose leporellos.