Adjacent Spaces

“On my shelf are piles of CDs by clarinetists. Quite a few of them are these typical solo recitals, which are mainly about showing off in great virtuosic compositions by play­ing as many notes as quickly and elegantly as possible. But that’s exactly what I don’t want,” says the Belgian clarinetist Dries Tack. His solo album Adjacent Spaces uni­tes six compositions in which the clarinet deliberately does not appear as an artfully played melodic instrument in the service of a beautiful orchestral sound. Instead, it is moved as far away as possible from its fa­miliar tonal appearance. The most diverse playing techniques are used, but not the conventional ones.