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Whittle

by JP Hartnett

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1.
Biographical reminiscence, part the first 08:50
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2.
Tiresome explanations 04:52
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3.
You only have half the story when you say piano 01:35
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4.
Synopsis, being a summary of what has gone before 02:12
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5.
Certainly not everything you look for in a man 03:44
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6.
What about all these strikes? 01:47
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7.
Come down out of that 01:40
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8.
Conclusion of foregoing 06:36
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JP Hartnett’s ‘Whittle’ is the first release on new label Idir.

It represents a departure from previous releases by the artist, simply comprising, as it does, a set of fully improvised piano recordings, with no overdubbing, effects, editing or additional production. The aim was to let spontaneity and constraints shape the direction of the music. The session recordings were gradually discarded until the sequence of tracks presented here remained. The album opens with the slowly evolving ‘Biographical reminiscence, part the first’, shifting in pace, mood and duration over its eight tracks until closing with the melancholy stillness of ‘Conclusion of foregoing’.

JP Hartnett creates music on piano, often using a combination of improvisation, composition and digital production techniques. Inspired by the DIY music scenes of his youth in Dublin and (later) London, he owes his entire musical output to a chance encounter with a piano while studying design in his late-twenties. An early track was featured on FatCat Records’ Soundcloud demo page and led to releases on various independent labels. He has also been involved in a number of collaborative projects, including the experimental live techno act Ordinate, with John Flynn (Spaces). He has performed at the Barbican and St. John on Bethnal Green in London, and at the Open Ear festival on Sherkin Island, off the coast of Cork.

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released November 24, 2023

Music by JP Hartnett
Recorded at Studio Falkland Lodge, South East London, April 2023

Mastering by Stephan Mathieu

Thanks to Fabienne Débarre, Stephan Mathieu, Christopher Braime, family and friends

Album artwork and graphic design by JP Hartnett. Cover image shows birds above the Spree, Berlin, summer 2023

Track titles selected with thanks to F.O.B. (R.I.P.)

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