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Watch a video for a solo contrabass track by the Berlin based musician and artist

Yair Elazar Glotman is a classically trained composer and contrabass player who also records under the name Ketev. Glotman has released music on the Opal Tapes and Aurora Borealis labels, as well as collaborating with Emptyset's James Ginzburg on an album called Nimbes, released by Subtext Recordings.

“Drifts” is from Études, a collection of solo contrabass performances recorded at the EMS studios in Stockholm and also released by Subtext Recordings.

Video by James Ginzburg

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