New recording of Jagged Noir
01 September 2025
On Saturday, 20 September 2025, the Mallet Collective releases their new CD Views from Dutch Trains. I’m proud to be part of this project with my piece Jagged Noir, which was originally written in 2018 for a small ensemble. For this album, Ramon Lormans created a new arrangement for two marimbas, giving the work a fresh, almost tactile energy.
Although it wasn’t conceived with trains in mind, Jagged Noir seems to fit naturally into the album’s theme. It’s a machine-like piece that follows a jagged yet inevitable path, moving slowly downward — as if descending into the dark of the night. In that sense, it mirrors the unstoppable momentum of a journey, the sense of being carried along tracks into the unknown.
The album also includes music by Anastas Paev, Jannum Kruidhof, Jo, Antal and Misha Sporck, and of course Jacob ter Veldhuis’s Views from a Dutch Train from 1992, which gave the whole project its title and starting point.
The release tour begins that evening in the Kunstkerk in Dordrecht, where all of this music will be brought to life by the Mallet Collective.
You can order the album on the website of Mallet Collective.
đź“… Premiere concert
Date: Saturday, 20 September 2025
Location: Kunstkerk, Dordrecht