CARDINAL POINT
Bernard Santacruz + Michael Zerang Duo
contrabass & percussion
CARDINAL POINT
1. Cardinal Point 6:51
2. Nefertari 8:16
3. Sand Roses 2:28
4. Copeaux et Limaille 7:40
5. Arlequin 2:31
6. Stay the Course 7:37
7. White Horses 2.57
All music by Bernard Santacruz (SACEM) and Michael Zerang (munimulamusic/ASCAP)
except 3 by M. Zerang, 5 & 7 by B. Santacruz
Recorded on October14, 2019 at Studio La Buissonne by Gerard de Haro
Mixed by Gerard de Haro
Mastered by Nicolas Baillard
Liner Notes: Michel Dorbon
Photo: Michel Dorbon
Cover Design: Zuza Ustjan
Executive Producer: Maciej Karlowski
Special Thanks to:
Samual Silvant, Luc Bouquet, Gerard de Haro, Nicolas Baillard,
Cecile & Bruno Marcos, Christine & Michel Dorbon.
All Rights Reserved FSR 27/2020
Published by Fundacja SLUCHAJ!
www.sluchaj.org
fsrecords.net
French bassist Bernard Santacruz and Assyrian-American percussionist Michael Zerang have encountered each other in larger ensembles on either side of the ocean since the turn of the century, but it took them until the autumn of 2019 to record a distillation of their musical concord. Beyond their shared history, they are matched in depth of experience. Both were born in the latter half of the 1950s, and each has passed through a myriad of improvisational settings on their way to developing their respective styles. Santacruz is an economical player with a beautiful, rounded tone. Zerang can supply whatever rhythm you need, but whenever freed from time-keeping requirements, he gravitates to sounds that project the movement and friction required to make them. So, while this is a record made with drums and a double bass, it’s by no means a groove-bound affair; melodic fragments confront seething ruptures, and strings and skins knot together into thickets of texture. Each man maintains his individuality while they jointly solve the problems of collaborative music-making.
Bill Meyer
Dusted March 19, 2021
That Nothing is Known - quartet improvisations –
Compact Disc in jewel case
John Berndt, Jack Wright, Bob Marsh, Michael Zerang
$12 USD
The Ballad of Frankie and Johnny –
The Ballad of Frankie and Johnny
Michael Zerang
$15 USD
BROKEN WIRE –
BROKEN WIRE
Broken Wire
$15 USD
STRAYLIGHT –
SURVIVAL UNIT III - STRAYLIGHT - limited edition compact disc
SURVIVAL UNIT III
$15 USD
ASTRAGOLOI - DAVE REMPIS - REEDS ELISABETH HARNIK - PIANO MICHAEL ZERANG - DRUMS, PERCUSSION
$15 USD
Hash Eaters and Peacekeepers –
Limited edition cassette from Michael Zerang & The Blue Lights. Companion release to SONGS FROM THE BIG BOOK OF LOVE.
Michael Zerang & The Blue Lights
$10 USD
FRANKENSTEIN (1996) –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
Michael Zerang
$15 USD
Peter Brötzmann – Berg- Und Talfahrt - A Night In Sana'a (CD)
$20 USD
DISAPPEARED (Lonberg-Holm, Sandell, Zerang) CD
$15 USD
RESONANCE ENSEMBLE 10CD BOX (Ken Vandermark)
$99 USD
TRIPLE TUBE (Harnik / Rempis / Zerang) CD
$15 USD
ASK THE SUN Hamid Drake & Michael Zerang) CD
$15 USD
261034115 (Michael Zerang, Piotr Mełech & Ksawery Wójciński)
$15 USD
Scratch Match - (Michael Zerang & Raymond Strid)
$15 USD
FRICTION BROTHERS - ABSTRACT ON BLACK
$15 USD
FRICTION BROTHERS - STROBE SESSIONS
$15 USD
FIRST MEETINGS - Jaap Blonk / Fred Lonberg-Holm / Michael Zerang
$15 USD
GALACTIC UNITY ORCHESTRA - We Have Always Been Here
$15 USD
EARTH SESSION VOL I & II (Jim Baker / Michael Zerang)
$20 USD
PSYCHOTIC REDACTION (Jim Baker / Kyle Bruckmann / Michael Zerang)
$15 USD
RESONANCE ENSEMBLE - DOUBLE ARC (Ken Vandermark)
$15 USD
Landscape: Recognizable (Birgit Ulher, Lou Mallozzi, Michael Zerang)
$15 USD
EASEL - BLOOM (Erb / Lonberg-Holm-Holm / Zerang)
$15 USD
NADAR & MAHORA - (Trzaska / Gasser / Zerang)
$15 USD
BIND THE HANDS THAT FEED (Foster / Young / Zerang) CD
$15 USD
Luc Houtkamp – In Chicago
$15 USD
TRIO WAZ - That's What It WAZ (2 CD Album)
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Kent Kessler - BULL FIDDLE (CD)
$15 USD
35 Grapes 19 Shown (Lonberg-Holm / Zerang Duo) CD
$15 USD
Claque (Axel Dörner / Fred Lonberg-Holm* / Michael Zerang) CD
$15 USD
Escape from Dark Matter –
Limited Edition Compact Disc
The GILGAMANIANS
$15 USD
Spires That In The Sunset Rise with Michael Zerang (CDR)
$12 USD
Pink Palace Chicago, Illinois
Pink Palace is Michael Zerang’s personal label that will release a variety of his newer projects, across a spectrum of recorded formats, as well as older material from his archives. As an artist run label, you will be able to support him directly and effectively as he continues to develop and produce new work, and to engage with the wonderful artists that you will hear on this label. ... more
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