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Album Review

Dine Doneff: In/Out

by Nenad Georgievski
April 13, 2022

Composer and bassist Dine Doneff's In/Out is a one-man show and a type of improvisation that seems mystical. Dubbed as a soundscape theatre for double bass and soundscapes, it is full-blown, free-flowing, and intensely narrative, an arc that is established by Doneff's interaction with samples and pre-recorded materials all performed live. Doneff is a skilled bassist with an extensive background in various improv, jazz, and cross-cultural world music bands. With a current residence in Munich, Germany, he founded ...

Album Review

Dine Doneff: Rousilvo

by Nenad Georgievski
October 10, 2018

There is more to bassist and composer Dine Doneff's record Rousilvo than simply a blending of styles and genres and eras and approaches. Certainly among his many talents is his uncanny ability to blur the line between the avant-garde, free-improv, classical, world music and jazz. It's a maneuver he has perfected over the years as the leader of his adventurous projects or as a sideman musician in other bands. With this project, Doneff certainly expands on that aesthetic and dives ...