Movements for Listening

- a groundbreaking tap dance album

Movements for Listening is a wild exploration of sound by Janne Eraker and friends, with borderless worlds of music, widening the horizon and moving outside of all boxes. The ambition of the project was to find ways to use tap dance as percussion in a variety of musical styles, genres and collaborations, and to make recordings that represent this in the best possible way. Eraker went to extremes to try different sounds, textures, material, shoes, dynamics, concepts and, of course, rhythms! Sometimes it’ll be hard to know what’s tap dance and what’s not, because the players get so close in timbre, texture and sound. There’s both composed and improvised music, and music that is based on a standard jazz tune, score, groove or melody. There’s tap dance on wood, metal, bubble wrap, sand, in water, with different types of shoes and with bare feet. Eraker plays on a collection of taps hanging from a rack, like a percussionist playing a carillon, and wooden taps bound together in her hands, like a flamenco dancer playing castanets. All of this is also documented in a series of videos, to make it possible to see how the music was created. Read the extensive blog here. 

Remaining release dates: 
October 6: Funkverkehr, with Ivar Grydeland
​November 3: the double vinyl Movements for Listening

Tour dates:
July 20: Øy at Moldejazz
August 26: Øy at IJsselbiennale, Deventer
August 27: Øy at MAPA, Haarlem
October 11: Øy at Connect, Lillestrøm
October 17: Worm, Rotterdam
October 18: Splendor, Amsterdam
October 19: Gelderlandfabriek, Culemborg
October 20: De Perifeer, Deventer
October 21: Union Scene, Drammen
October 25: with Thomas Marek, Theater Arche, Vienna
October 26: KC Klastor, Roznava
November 3: release concert Gamle Munch, Oslo

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