The tracks to the left are various recordings I've made or participated in over the years.

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*Solo or with piano pieces
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These tracks are bass clarinet recordings.  

Francisco Castillo Trigueros, Monólogo Fantástico, for solo bass clarinet (2008)
Francisco Castillo Trigueros is a Mexican composer I worked with in Amsterdam, and Monólogo Fantástico is the piece he wrote for me. It explores the different timbres of the instrument in its most extreme ranges. This recording is from a performance at DNK-Amsterdam.

Heinz Joachim Zander, Ballade for bass clarinet and piano
This piece is not very well known, but nice. It exemplifies the enormous range capabilities of the bass clarinet.

Alfred Reed, Haitian Dance for bass clarinet and piano
Haitian Dance is an easy little piece, but fun. It makes you want to groove. And groovin is good.

Jason Alder, bass clarinet; Randy Blouse, piano

(2005)

These are new ensemble pieces in which I've played. All of these are from composers I worked with in Amsterdam.

Thanasis Deligiannis, I was Hunting, but I did not Know
Jellanstje de Vries, violin; Virginia Flores Villareal, flute; Jason Alder, bass clarinet; Uxía Martínez Botana, double bass; Nicoloai Slaatto, percussion; Thanasis Deligiannis, cond.

Painting their faces white, they started.
He was playing- wth the deer.
tearing them apart and putting the pieces back together-
he was giving them life again.
In vain he was taking forms of animals to manage to escape
when the hunting started.
As a bull they caught him and ripped him and ate him
half raw and half cooked.
He was there too, the Titan of aporia.
He was hunting, but he didn't know.

Thanasis Deligiannis, Lefkipi, *premiere
Andriana Minou, piano, voice; Carmen Ojeda Masías, alto flute; Jason Alder, bass clarinet; Samuel Tamarit, violin; Melissa Schaak, violin; Marc Sabbah, viola; Isabel Vaz, cello; Thanasis Deligiannis, cond.

The title refers to the myth of the three Miniadae sisters (Lefkipi, Arsipi, Alkathoe) who scorn god Dionysus. Punished by him, the three of them ripped the young son of Lefkipi in a state of mania. The piece is actually a ritual of Lefkipi (the pianist) who is trying to restore the fact in her memory and mourn her child by honoring him through the revelation of the immolator. And the immolator is no other but her.

Francisco Castillo Trigueros, Solar
Liis Lulla, flute; Alexander van Eerdewijk, oboe; Jason Alder, bass clarinet; Raphaela Danksgamüller, duduk, Naomi Sato, sho; Isidro Ureña Guaba, guitar; Anna Steinkogler, harp; Laurent Warnier, percussion, Arthur Ornée, violin; Maria Sofia Espiga, viola; Saartje van Camp, cello; Santiago Botero, double bass; Lucas Vis, cond.

Solar is written for an ensemble of 13 musicians that includes 3 non-Western intruments. The title of the piece makes an allusion to the sun and its energetic nature, which is reflected in the character of the music. More significantly, it refers to the Argentine artist Xul Solar, whose work the composer admires profoundly.

Natalia Dominguez Rangel, Graphism us. Human
Francine Vis, mezzo soprano; Jason Alder, clarinet and bass clarinet; Aki Matsugi, trumpet; Marc Sabbah, viola; Constança Blanc, cello; Jacek Mioduszewski, percussion; Simeon Morrow, cond.

There is a fact! = motion = movement
Photocopies of motion = people = style
Ridiculous as an expression
Descomposition of a gender
Experience the solitude with... and laugh

Look around you

We are all graphics

Natalia Dominguez Rangel, Las Casas del Ferrocarril
Douwe van der Meulen, oboe; Jason Alder, clarinet; Manos Ventouras, french horn; Aki Matsugi, trumpet; Ari Hrodmarsson, trombone; Bert Damsma, tuba; Marc Sabbah, viola; Stephanie Hunt, cello; Lucas Vis, cond.

This was an investigation of opposites. Extremes in register: high and low; in dynamics: loud and soft; in texture: dense-epmty-sublte-rough-slience, silence, silence...
Sound as silence.

 Oda Yu, Tanka for 5 instruments
Ryu Cipris, flute; Jason Alder, clarinet; Margreet Mulder, horn; Lauren Saks, violin; Anna Heusler, cello

(2008)

This is an electro-acoustic piece I wrote. The electronic accompaniment was played and manipulated live by me in real time with various synthesizers, samplers, and midi triggers. The recording of this live performance was used as the basis for the accompaniment over which I played the bass clarinet.

Jason Alder, A'd Amssong for Bass Clarinet and Electronics (2002)

Sonido 13 is an electro-acoustic improvisation ensemble I started with Harry Cherrin, saxophone, and Jacob Adler, piano, synth, computer, and myself on bass clarinet and live processing. We have begun collaborating frequently with a wide variety of musicians and artists, as featured here. These tracks are the results from various sessions and concerts we played.

Ring Mod Conversations, feat. Roberto Pianca, guitar

Clackety-Clack, feat. Roberto Pianca, guitar

Green is not Your Enemy, feat. Roberto Pianca, guitar

Half the Battle

The Toaster ate my Socks

Juptonians

What Colour is My Parachute?, feat. Erçin Kaya, bass guitar

(2008)

The production credits for this track go to a fellow member of the TransformersDetroit collective, Das. All electronic parts and mixing were done by him, and the bass clarinet part is mine.

Das (feat. J. Alder), Lustrous (2006)

These are electronic pieces I've done in the past under the moniker Nerokerr.

Nerokerr, Gongs (2007)
written using the software Ableton Live with Reason

 Nerokerr, 5 Sweeps (2001)
an ambient-esque improvisation I did on a Kurzweil K-2500 synthesizer

Nerokerr, Chaos (2001)
a noisy soundscape created using the software Fruity Loops

Nerokerr, Grievance (2001)
with a fat TB303-like acidy synth line, performed live in the manner of live electronic dance acts with external synthesizers, drum machines, and samplers, similar to the electronic accompaniment for A'd Amssong

Rustichella*
good ol' driving tune with band-wide dialogue in the middle section

Lit Marin
ends with a very nice interaction between the upright bass and bass clarient

Guillaume Heurtebize, guitar; Santiago Botero, double bass; Luca LH Marini, drums; Jason Alder, bass clarinet; *Matan Gov Ari, trumpet

(2008)