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Pendulum

by Gordon Grdina

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1.
Koen Dori 08:02
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2.
Contra 06:52
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3.
The Chase 06:52
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4.
Benbow Blues 08:32
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5.
Wayward 09:21
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Pendulum 06:02
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7.
Always Been The Song II 05:15
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From Peter Margasak's liner notes

Gordon Grdina has always been a seeker intent on transforming his experiences into new approaches to sound. His innate curiosity
has led him to explore an ever-expanding range of styles and contexts with a growing number of collaborators. Surprisingly, despite a
discography that will include almost two dozen recordings by year’s end, Grdina has only recently devoted his energy to solo recordings.
In 2018 he dropped his first such outing, China Cloud, while still employing the sort of electronics and effects that have marked so many
of his dynamic band recordings, but on the 2020 album Prior Street he unplugged completely, burrowing deeper into his solo practice.
Pendulum offers further progression, not only building on its predecessors, but also emerging as an important new capstone atop his
growing oeuvre. Once again he complements his guitar playing with highly original excursions on the oud, further revealing how Grdina
has steadily allowed his method on each instrument to infect the other.
Back during his school days he assiduously organized solo gigs in Vancouver restaurants to develop his practice, particularly focusing on
harmony and internalizing standard repertoire. Yet his love for improvisation propelled him to concentrate on collaborative situations,
whether forging the ravishing chamber-like post-bop of his 2006 debut album Think Like the Waves with Gary Peacock and Paul Motian...

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released October 22, 2021

ALL PIECES COMPOSED BY GORDON GRDINA (SOCAN)
RECORDED, MIXED AND MASTERED BY JOHN RAHAM AT AFTERLIFE, VANCOUVER BC
PRODUCED BY GORDON GRDINA
LAYOUT AND DESIGN: CHELSEY MAHER
COVER PHOTO: GENEVIEVE MONRO, GENMONROPHOTOGRAPHY.COM
THANK YOU TO MARKO FERENC FOR THE GUITAR.

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Gordon Grdina Vancouver, British Columbia

Juno award winning Oud/Guitarist with a unique sound combining mainstream jazz, free/improv and Arabic music. Haram, Peregrine Falls, The Gordon Grdina Quartet with Oscar Noriega, Russ Lossing, and Satoshi Takeishi, Nomad Trio w/ Matt Mitchell and Jim Black, Square Peg w/ Christian Lillinger, Mat Maneri and Shazad Ismaily The Marrow Mark Helias, Hank Roberts, Hamin Honari ... more

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