Dot : Line : Sigh, the debut recording by Chicago-based composer/performer Osnat Netzer, will be released Friday, February 10 on New Focus Recordings.
The album features an exceptional roster including Ensemble Dal Niente, Mivos Quartet, ~Nois saxophone quartet, flutist Eric Lamb, soprano Amanda DeBoer Bartlett, violist Doyle Armbrust, saxophonist Geoffrey Landman, and others, plus the composer herself on piano. The seven-track album will be available both digitally and on CD.
A decade in the making, this album showcases music composed from 2014 onward, marking a period in which Netzer underwent a transformative artistic and aesthetic shift. The works on Dot : Line : Sigh reflect her involvement in the world of cognitive linguistics and music cognition, drawing inspiration from the physicality of motion.