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fave it Weird Jazz | Contemporary
13 tracks | 45 minutes
Released Mar 2005
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- sample "DOWNLOAD" 04:55 Pulseless Cobalt Mile FREE 04:55 Pulseless Cobalt Mile "GIFT MP3" 04:55 Pulseless Cobalt Mile
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:35 I. Suite: Over Tea and Floating BUY MP3 00:35 I. Suite: Over Tea and Floating "GIFT MP3" 00:35 I. Suite: Over Tea and Floating
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:13 II. Suite: Over Tea and Floating BUY MP3 01:13 II. Suite: Over Tea and Floating "GIFT MP3" 01:13 II. Suite: Over Tea and Floating
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:56 III. Suite: Over Tea and Floating BUY MP3 01:56 III. Suite: Over Tea and Floating "GIFT MP3" 01:56 III. Suite: Over Tea and Floating
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 08:07 eleven BUY MP3 08:07 eleven "GIFT MP3" 08:07 eleven
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 00:39 Light Seeing Red BUY MP3 00:39 Light Seeing Red "GIFT MP3" 00:39 Light Seeing Red
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 04:24 Catatonic Detergents BUY MP3 04:24 Catatonic Detergents "GIFT MP3" 04:24 Catatonic Detergents
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:00 Nine in a Tree BUY MP3 01:00 Nine in a Tree "GIFT MP3" 01:00 Nine in a Tree
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:06 Extrapolating to Arrive BUY MP3 01:06 Extrapolating to Arrive "GIFT MP3" 01:06 Extrapolating to Arrive
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 04:00 Glass Machine BUY MP3 04:00 Glass Machine "GIFT MP3" 04:00 Glass Machine
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:47 Confusedly and Windowless BUY MP3 01:47 Confusedly and Windowless "GIFT MP3" 01:47 Confusedly and Windowless
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 10:36 polymer BUY MP3 10:36 polymer "GIFT MP3" 10:36 polymer
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 04:44 Cycle of Greens BUY MP3 04:44 Cycle of Greens "GIFT MP3" 04:44 Cycle of Greens
New music improvisation - Experimental instruments - Spontaneous compositions. Michael Gardiner: no-tuning guitar; Raymond Kingston: percussion; Richard Johnson: trombone, winslaphones and basseuphium.
Bio / Background
Recording Polymer with Michael and Ray was a musical highpoint for me. It is such a treat to play with people whose musical languages mesh with mine in such an interesting, fun and challenging way. I particularly enjoyed being able to play my invented instruments (winslaphones, slide3whistle & basseuphium) and hear how these guys matched my strange sounds, Michael with various effects and Ray with his gongs and cymbals. I find the final product beautiful, funny, intricate, harsh, deep, subtle and curious. I hope that you find something to your liking in our sounds.
-Richard Johnson (zownts.com)
This group is not a group as much as a yearly conference. We work individually on various projects throughout the year, each in different states, different worlds. When we do come together, various languages rub up against each other, tensions that for me lie at the heart of improvisation. We are not a well oiled machine (on the contrary we function in our breaking down...
↓ more ↓), because of this we are forced to create new templates for authentic interactions. This is how I approach my instrument (guitar) as well--I don't practice much. I am not proud of this (as a music theorist I spend my time analyzing others' music). As a result I approach the instrument in an attempt to play in a way that doesn't demands daily technical practice, the opposite of the concerto model so to speak. I do not practice, but I listen, and most importantly I now 'how' I listen; this is the art I pursue, and in a larger sense explains the 'magic' we feel in playing together, despite all the reasons it shouldn't work.
-Michael Gardiner
Zatsu kind of fell into my lap right around the time I needed something just like it in my life. Being a frustrated part-time composer with a love for improvisation, I was introduced by a mutual friend to Richard, who was already doing a project with Michael. We all played a concert of our own pieces and decided we should get together and make some sounds together sometime - no rules or compositions, just make music based on spontaneous creating, listening, and reacting. A dream come true...
Zatsu does not improvise in the jazz sense. The improvisations are as impromptu as a conversation between two or three individuals; at times serious, introspective, frenetic, or downright hilarious, we respond to one another based on what another "says." Sometimes these 'dialogues' can go on for quite a while, or someone may instead decide to just change the subject entirely! It's up to us! We hope you enjoy our first release, "polymer."
-Raymond Kingston (rmk-arts.com)
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