Valentine Comar continues her “Breakfast with…” segment, where artists join her to share the sounds they love to wake up to and introduce their new projects.
This week features Rosie Turton and Miryam Solomon, presenting their ambient improvised project maar; an exploratory conversation between voice, modular synthesizer and trombone, across two sides of long unedited improvisations. Contemplative, textural, and at times fragile, it leans into the ambivalence of sense making; a space of searching, resolving, unraveling, and finding each other again.
The project began by chance at the end of a recording session in 2024 at Lightship 95 studio. With 20 minutes to spare, the two decided to use the remainder of the session to experiment with freely improvising with the voice and trombone. More moments like these continued at Rosie's home studio, this time incorporating Rosie's modular synthesizer, and from these sessions emerged maar; a space where the two trace new landscapes together.
Miryam Solomon is a London-based vocalist, by way of Sweden and Eritrea. Her work is underpinned by her love for interlocking rhythms, vocal interplay and storytelling. As an artist, performer and collaborator, her work spans a wide range of projects and releases across folk, jazz and vocal improvisation.
Rosie Turton is a trombonist, modular synthesist, composer, and producer making waves on the UK jazz scene. Named 'One To Watch' by The Guardian and nominated for Jazz FM's 'Breakthrough Act of the Year', she blends meditative soundscapes with acoustic and electronic elements.
As always, Valentine prepares a selection around the mix.