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Missing Pieces | part 1 (me)

Missing Pieces is a collection of text and graphic scores by Gemma Bass and this album is the sound of those ideas as they were first imagined. An incredibly personal solo album, created by Gemma in her own home using mainly first takes. Voice and piano join her more usual violin to weave a delicate and vulnerable web of sound and provide an insight into the creative process and a secret, internal world.

“often intimate, sometimes gently poignant meditations. Bass' instincts land firmly in the ''new music'' avant-garde domain and are certainly worth following however you wish to use the album whether as a musician or listener.” Marlbank, of Missing Pieces | part 1 (me)

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Missing Pieces | part 2 (us)

The Missing Pieces series continues with part 2 (us), featuring collaboratively devised versions of the Missing Pieces scores. Here, the pieces become more like games, playful and interactive.

Recorded Live in Manchester by the trio now known as Little Pillars.

Gemma Bass - Violin

Amy Jolly - Cello

Richard Jones - Piano

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Missing Pieces | part 3 (them)

The third recorded release in the Missing Pieces series. These performances were left completely to chance - some of the UK’s leading improvisers met for the first time in the soundcheck and threw together their own interpretations of the Missing Pieces scores live on stage.

This album is a complilation of highlights from 3 gigs across the UK, and feature Gemma Bass (violin), Eleanor Westbrook (voice), Olie Brice (bass), Adam Fairhall (accordion), David Birchall (guitar), John Pope (bass) and Chris Bartholomew (electronics).

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Small but perfectly formed, this boxset booklet is now available with download codes, sleeve notes and player information for all 3 Missing Pieces albums.

boxset booklet

“Lithe and sinuous yet tautly precise, the work’s astonishing unity of form and content unfolds through lines and textures delivered with passion as well as structural clarity. Savagely elegant, approachable - and wholly satisfying”

BBC Music Magazine, of Vonnegut Collective’s 48 Hours

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