
Nim Sadot – Nim Quartet

In celebration of a KU special double LP repress, Nim-Sadot reflects back on his 2018 debut album, Nim Quartet.
Itâs been 5 years since Sadot released his first collection of tunes. Selections he made from a library of tracks that he had been building since 2005 and spanned up until the conception of the record, in 2017. By the time the bassist and composer had gathered enough confidence in his craft and felt ready to share music that was his, he had a batch of 60 songs to select from. The song âMTB ” was created in Sadotâs first year of composing back in 2005, so the record truly captures the full scope of a 12-year creation process and the evolution that took place amidst learning to create.

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In celebration of a KU special double LP repress, Nim-Sadot reflects back on his 2018 debut album, Nim Quartet.
Itâs been 5 years since Sadot released his first collection of tunes. Selections he made from a library of tracks that he had been building since 2005 and spanned up until the conception of the record, in 2017. By the time the bassist and composer had gathered enough confidence in his craft and felt ready to share music that was his, he had a batch of 60 songs to select from. The song âMTB ” was created in Sadotâs first year of composing back in 2005, so the record truly captures the full scope of a 12-year creation process and the evolution that took place amidst learning to create.

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At the time of making the album, Sadot hadn’t quite found a steady rotation of players to make up a band, which speaks to having three different drummers on the project. However, he did have a clear vision in his head for where the melodies should land and thought they would be communicated best on trumpet. An instrument that is a constant on every composition, with the exception of one track on the record, âGood Cat, Bad Catâ, written by keyboardist, Hamish Balfour. The trumpet doesnât feel missing, but it is maybe the biggest shift in feel on the project, and having the knowledge that itâs only one of two tunes on âNim Quartetâ not composed by Sadot, you can certainly hear a different voicing in the music.
When KU curator and founder, Dan Englander discovered the original pressing of âNim Quartetâ he saw an opportunity to reproduce the record to its fullest potential. The new double LP pressing not only provided room to make the original mix and recordings of the album sound fuller and pack more punch, but it also allowed Sadot to include a cover of Stingâs, Childrenâs Crusade. A track that was only included in the streaming versions of the album, and left off the original single LP pressing, due to time constraints.

When KU curator and founder, Dan Englander discovered the original pressing of âNim Quartetâ he saw an opportunity to reproduce the record to its fullest potential. The new double LP pressing not only provided room to make the original mix and recordings of the album sound fuller and pack more punch, but it also allowed Sadot to include a cover of Stingâs, Childrenâs Crusade. A track that was only included in the streaming versions of the album, and left off the original single LP pressing, due to time constraints.

While Sadotâs ideas about music and composing have evolved in some ways, âNim Quartetâ is a collection of tunes that shaped his process immensely.

While Sadotâs ideas about music and composing have evolved in some ways, âNim Quartetâ is a collection of tunes that shaped his process immensely.

Itâs been 5 years since Sadot released his first collection of tunes. Selections he made from a library of tracks that he had been building since 2005 and spanned up until the conception of the record, in 2017. By the time the bassist and composer had gathered enough confidence in his craft and felt ready to share music that was his, he had a batch of 60 songs to select from. The song âMTB ” was created in Sadotâs first year of composing back in 2005, so the record truly captures the full scope of a 12-year creation process and the evolution that took place amidst learning to create.
At the time of making the album, Sadot hadn’t quite found a steady rotation of players to make up a band, which speaks to having three different drummers on the project. However, he did have a clear vision in his head for where the melodies should land and thought they would be communicated best on trumpet. An instrument that is a constant on every composition, with the exception of one track on the record, âGood Cat, Bad Catâ, written by keyboardist, Hamish Balfour. The trumpet doesnât feel missing, but it is maybe the biggest shift in feel on the project, and having the knowledge that itâs only one of two tunes on âNim Quartetâ not composed by Sadot, you can certainly hear a different voicing in the music.
When KU curator and founder, Dan Englander discovered the original pressing of âNim Quartetâ he saw an opportunity to reproduce the record to its fullest potential. The new double LP pressing not only provided room to make the original mix and recordings of the album sound fuller and pack more punch, but it also allowed Sadot to include a cover of Stingâs, Childrenâs Crusade. A track that was only included in the streaming versions of the album, and left off the original single LP pressing, due to time constraints.
âI had been playing that Sting track live in 2013 when my band supported the great Richard Bona for a few shows. Richard had been a hero of mine since I first saw him play in 1996, and he seemed to take to the version of âChildren’s Crusadeâ we were playing at that time. His encouragement and enthusiasm towards the song was a big inspiration for wanting to include it on âNim Quartetâ.â
The repressing of the record is also coming with an album art makeover. The new cover art is by KU goto, Marko Vuleta-Djukanov who did fellow roster mates Robohands and E. Lundquist album art.Â
While Sadotâs ideas about music and composing have evolved in some ways, âNim Quartetâ is a collection of tunes that shaped his process immensely.
âThe whole process was monumental for me. I learned a lot, everything from recording, editing, mixing/mastering, registering the music, distributing it, and selling it. I think that this album defined the sound and character of my compositions. My other two albums definitely share some similarities, but my process hasnât changed, itâs still me and my bass, and my computer. As far as reflecting back on the record, 5 years later⌠I see the most growth in the way I see the bass in the music. I didn’t play any bass solos on my last album, the bass is there to serve the melody and the soloists. I also don’t use as many time signatures; as I did when I was writing these compositions. I would like my music to be a lot more accessible and less challenging to the listener.â
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