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A departure for UK pianist Alexander Hawkins, who usually plays acoustically, No Nation But Imagination expands his compositional and international direction with electronic instruments and more associates. Hawkins uses synthesizer and sampler as well as piano; fellow Brit Matthew Wright turntables and live sampling; while additional textures are contributed by Welsh harpist Rhodri Davies plus Americans, flutist Nicole Mitchell and drummer Hamid Drake. Wave form crackles and static are omnipresent as are heightened synthesized aural… Read More