BLK+LND / K&L for KL

Phill Niblock completed BLK+LND in late November 2023.

It is one of Phill Niblock's final compositions and was commissioned by bassist Robert Black (who passed away in the summer of 2023).

On January 6, 2024, two days before his passing, Phill called me to discuss the premiere and tour of BLK+LND. To distract him from his rapid decline, I engaged in his touring plan, only for him to reveal that all the details were still in his head and none of the events had been confirmed. He was entrusting the project to me. Phill would have been thrilled and honored by this concert at the Donaueschinger Musiktage. The thought of one more performance with Robert Black, whom he greatly admired, presenting his new work for low-pitched instruments that he was particularly fond of, andreconnecting with old and new friends in Donaueschingen would have meant the world to him. Neil Leonard, Berklee College of Music, Boston.