Reaching for the utmost limits – Making a process visible with The Hands, the Bow, and the Bass by Johannes Nästesjö

Can I, by reaching for the utmost limits on my instrument, in dynamically, technically and pitch related ways both find, for me, new contemporary techniques and expand the ways on how to play and perform them on the double bass? Can I, by illuminating, documenting, studying, organizing and re-documenting my musical process, design a toolkit for improvising bassists with contemporary techniques? Can I, in my musical process both act as the first person, i.e. the subjective musician and as the third person, i.e. the objective observer?  If so, can I, as the observer objectively observe and organize the ”discoveries” that I am doing in my daily work as first person. Can I create this tool kit through the limitations that my instrument offers acoustically (the hand, the bow and the bass). And can I through this immerse and widen my musical expressions? - A richer language - more elastic - with more colors.

Thank you!!

– to so many people – You know who you are!!

And a special thank you to:

My wonderful class – Lawand, Michala, Matt, Calum, Josh & Miguel

Emeli André

Pär-Anders Aronsson

Torben Snekkestad

Lotte Anker

Niel Lyne Lykkegaard

Jakob Anderskov

Sten Sandell

Kyle Ericson

Pablo Llambias

Niclas Nørby Hundahl

Tom Blancarte

John Edwards

Henrik Denerin

Jonatan Sersam

Martin Q Larsson

Michael Edgerton and Christian Skovbjerg Jensen for letting me record my videos at Inter Arts Center in Malmö.

I´m so happy that I could connect RMC with Lunds University.

And very big thank you to the rest of the lovely crew at IAC in Malmö, Jonas, Margot, Ragna and Magnus. Your help was indispensable!

And to my anchors and my love of life, Maria Altarriba & Aurora Nästesjö.

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Johannes Nästesjö - Reaching for the utmost limits – Making a process visible with The Hands, the Bow, and the Bass - 2022