Sasha Witteveen

Foley: The Falling Seagull (Single)

Xavier Dubois Foley is a contemporary American composer and virtuoso double bassist. He unites/mixes/fuses/uses different styles together in his works such as jazz, classical and Rhythm & blues. In The Falling Seagull he composed with the influence of the erhu, a Chinese string instrument, and with Irish folk music. I find it very inspiring (and appealing) that Foley is composing music that explores endless possibilities of the double bass as a versatile solo instrument!

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Xavier Dubois Foley is a contemporary American composer and virtuoso double bassist. He unites/mixes/fuses/uses different styles together in his works such as jazz, classical and Rhythm & blues. In The Falling Seagull he composed with the influence of the erhu, a Chinese string instrument, and with Irish folk music. I find it very inspiring (and appealing) that Foley is composing music that explores endless possibilities of the double bass as a versatile solo instrument!

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  • Xavier Dubois Foley

    The Falling Seagull

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More information

Label TRPTK
Genre(s) Classical – Contemporary (> 1920)
Artist(s) Sasha Witteveen
Composer(s) Foley, Xavier Dubois
Recording location(s) Studio 150 Bethlehemkerk, Amsterdam (NL)
Recording date(s) October 2023
Cat. No.

TTK 0142

Release date

May 10th, 2024

Tech specs

Microphones

Josephson C617 w/ Gefell MK221 capsules (main)
Josephson C42 (height)
Ehrlund EHR-M (double bass)

Microphone preamps

Grace Design m801mk2

AD/DA conversion

Merging Technologies Hapi MkII
Merging Technologies Anubis
Grimm Audio CC2

Recording resolution

DSD 11.2MHz 1bit

Mastering resolution

PCM 352.8kHz 64bit

Monitoring (recording)

Audeze LCD-X

Monitoring (mastering)

Grimm Audio LS1be
Grimm Audio SB1

Cabling

Purecable Optimus Link Microphone Cables
Purecable Optimus Power
Purecable Prime DIG75 Wordclock Cable

"Double bass talent Sasha Witteveen (2003) has made an original and utterly convincing debut album. The title piece "Into the Light" is a sprawling journey from chaos to light by Dmitri Smirnov. The highlight is Xavier Dubois Foley's frenzied folk-virtuoso solo "The Falling Seagull", in which Witteveen's bass dances and sings."

Joep Stapel, NRC

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