℗ 2024 Marc Mezgolits
| Released | March 28, 2024 |
| Duration | 33m 37s |
| Record Label | u n i t |
| Catalogue No. | 5146 |
| Genre | Jazz (Contemporary Jazz) |
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1.1
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Bystanding
Marc Mezgolits |
3:13 | |||
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1.2
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Sad Song
Marc Mezgolits |
3:25 | |||
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1.3
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Simple Song
Marc Mezgolits |
3:42 | |||
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1.4
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Creep
Marc Mezgolits |
3:49 | |||
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1.5
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Spring Dance
Marc Mezgolits |
3:05 | |||
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1.6
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Things Don't Change
Marc Mezgolits |
3:20 | |||
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1.7
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Convoluted Thought
Marc Mezgolits |
3:56 | |||
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1.8
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Give Me Hope, Give Me Shelter
Marc Mezgolits |
3:22 | |||
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1.9
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Take Me With You When You Go
Marc Mezgolits |
2:20 | |||
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1.10
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Nothing Feels Right
Marc Mezgolits |
3:25 |
Unchanging is the first solo album by bass guitarist and composer Marc Mezgolits and is as uncompromising as the title suggests. Contrary to the expectations associated with such an album, Mezgolits is not oriented towards a virtuoso, note-rich aesthetic. Rather, he is committed to a style that gets by without fast lines and - with one exception - without overdubs.
A solo album makes sense insofar as Mezgolits has always concentrated on reducing the ensemble, as on his quartet album Mostly Love Songs, which is without drums, as well as in the duo Bathyscaph with Domenic Landolf on bass clarinet.
Mezgolits plays his own pieces in an almost purist manner, proving that Unchanging is more than just an album title. Rather, it is a commitment to his own compositions to interpret them as sonorously as possible and not to place his own technical skills in the foreground. This results in ten pieces that are partly rubato, partly rhythmic, partly balladesque, but are all oriented towards song forms and are singable without being sung.
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – u n i t Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.17 -0.17 to -0.17 | -14.11 -16.86 to -12.32 | -12.25 -15.00 to -10.50 | 9 7 to 9 | |
| 1 | Bystanding | -0.17 | -13.98 | -12.5 | 9 |
| 2 | Sad Song | -0.17 | -12.40 | -10.5 | 7 |
| 3 | Simple Song | -0.17 | -13.59 | -11.5 | 9 |
| 4 | Creep | -0.17 | -15.11 | -13.1 | 9 |
| 5 | Spring Dance | -0.17 | -13.85 | -12.0 | 9 |
| 6 | Things Don't Change | -0.17 | -12.32 | -10.5 | 7 |
| 7 | Convoluted Thought | -0.17 | -14.52 | -12.6 | 9 |
| 8 | Give Me Hope, Give Me Shelter | -0.17 | -13.56 | -11.6 | 8 |
| 9 | Take Me With You When You Go | -0.17 | -14.94 | -13.2 | 9 |
| 10 | Nothing Feels Right | -0.17 | -16.86 | -15.0 | 9 |