![](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/54932/9a207e05554bf7d09f6b982e147e8b16933dfcf7/original/javaquartet.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sicmVzaXplIiwxODAwXSxbIm1heCJdLFsid2UiXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
![](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/54932/46c910e9f8ab46e895fdcdd8e8e85a3520f7e5ef/original/stools.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sicmVzaXplIiwxODAwXSxbIm1heCJdLFsid2UiXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
![](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/54932/e44b09644144ba1f8a0b9b4719695d42421cd733/original/java.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sicmVzaXplIiwxODAwXSxbIm1heCJdLFsid2UiXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
![](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/54932/7e1b6ae6a5736a236cacb4412f5a4d47713ddb7e/original/bass.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sicmVzaXplIiwxODAwXSxbIm1heCJdLFsid2UiXV0%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
Before Now After is a meditation upon time, a sonic homage to the evolutionary arc. Just as the coastline is shaped by tidal forces shifting the delicate balance of ocean and sand, The Java Quartet have sculpted a long form tryptic work from a singular cove.
Each song was composed through applying a different set of melodic parameters to the Dorian scale. Explored and crafted on the bass then arranged into three distinct pieces for the ensemble, each piece articulates the development of a new melody, mood and space from the same Dorian building block.
Simultaneously a macro (album) and micro (song) process of creation and evolution, the work reflects the Quartet’s 20 years of shared exploration. Before Now After beckons the listener to become a fellow traveller through this passage of time.