Asa Tone & Ariel Kalma - O Paris-born electronic music pioneer and 1970s GRM alumni Ariel Kalma joins with multinational New York trio Asa Tone (Kaazi, Melati ESP, Tristan Arp) for a series of intergenerational, psychotropic, electro-acoustic studio conversations, exploring elasticity within rhythm and winds… or as one early listener observed “time and space.” Following a chance encounter at Ariel’s studio in the Australian rainforest during the pandemic, Melati & Kaazi began recording long live takes with Kalma, weaving in bioluminescent synth improvisations from Tristan Arp remotely. Revisited a few years later between the members of Asa Tone’s respective homes in New York & Indonesia, “○” is the document of a significant moment in the lives of all the album’s players; an ode to memory and connection in an era of crisis, illuminated via flickering fragments of steel flute, kantilan, modula synthesizer, xaphoon, tenor sax, EWI, field recordings of the surrounding rainforest, and the human voice. Tracklist 1. Interlace 2. 28°35’S 153°22’E 3. Art Of Memory 4. Two Winds 5. An Expanse II 6. ○ Credits Recorded, written and produced by Asa Tone & Ariel Kalma. Ariel Kalma: Western Concert Flute, Xaphoon, Tenor Saxophone, Voice Melati ESP: EWI, Kantilan, Voice Kaazi: Hydrasynth, Opsix, Percussion Tristan Arp: Modular Synthesizer, Moog Sub37, Percussion Additional percussion on *3 by Miles Myjavec Mixed by Tristan Arp, Kaazi and Ariel Kalma. Mastered by Jose Arentes at GRAMA, Porto. Art Direction & Layout : Melati ESP, Kaazi, Biscuit