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01. Adorable She Is, but Oh I Wish She Would Settle Doon 09:59
02. This Feels Less Like I’m Pretending 09:56
03. Rugged Countenance (Never Far from the Edge) 09:26
04. As She Dreams Her Afternoon in Shy Anticipation 06:28
Total time: 35:49
Credits
Music by Roberto Cassani (1,4) and Zack Moir (2,3)
Recorded by Craig Ainslie at Studio 1, Edinburgh, Scotland on 09/12/25
Mixed and mastered by Garry Boyle at Slate Room Studio in Pencaitland, Scotland, February 2026
Artwork by Zack Moir
Layout by Mutteo Pin
Produced by Moir and Cassani
Released by Aut Records
Description
Anaglyph documents the first recorded collaboration between saxophonist Zack Moir and double bassist Roberto Cassani. Taking its title from the photographic process in which two distinct images combine to create the illusion of depth, the album explores the meeting of two individual musical voices as they converge into a shared sonic perspective.
Moving between jazz, free improvisation, ambient music, and electroacoustic sound, the music unfolds through spacious dialogues in which structure and discovery remain in constant negotiation.
Saxophone, double bass, and live electronics shift fluidly between melody, texture, foreground, and atmosphere. Moir’s reactive generative electronic systems respond in real time to the performance, extending and refracting the acoustic sound world, while Cassani’s double bass provides both grounding and openness.
Although several pieces originate from simple melodic frameworks, the album remains fundamentally rooted in improvisation. Composed materials become starting points for unexpected directions, collective decisions, and subtle transformations.
The album reflects a shared commitment to exploration over certainty and process over prescription. In this sense, Anaglyph resonates with the spirit of research and experimentation that has long informed contemporary improvised music: a practice in which listening itself becomes a creative act and where meaning emerges through encounter rather than design.
