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Releases

New From Asthmatic Kitty Records

Post author By Mike
Post date September 28, 2008

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Asthmatic Kitty releases some cool noise:

On Interoceans, I Heart Lung blends first-take methods with Oblique Strategies: carefully composed, meticulously recorded pieces rooted in improvisation, revised and augmented over time. The results are a compelling vision of chaos and beauty as Chris Schlarb’s electric guitar drones and Tom Steck’s free-jazz drumming hold and flutter with shimmering acoustic guitars, soaring pedal steel and beautifully captured field recordings. When Kris Tiner’s trumpet follows Nels Cline‘s electric sitar three minutes into “Interoceans II,” it’s like Don Cherry‘s loving spirit doting on universal music drones.

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Interviews

Todd Sickafoose: The Art of Non-Resistance

Post author By Mike
Post date September 23, 2008

Todd Sickafoose is interviewed.

With the release of his unique, understated, and critically acclaimed Tiny Resistors Cryptogramophone, 2008 , bassist/composer Todd Sickafoose suddenly and unintentionally upped the ante for indie jazz. Surging ahead of such indie mainstays and label mates as Nels Cline, Steuart Liebig, and boss Jeff Gauthier, Sickafoose has garnered strong press from such diverse sources as Bass Player Magazine, PopMatters, Jazz Times, USA Today, and The New York Times. The daring, spacious compositions and performances on Tiny Resistors, Sickafoose s third CD collection, have succeeded in obliterating all the subheadings of “modern,” ”progressive” and “new”—settling, instead, on eminently appealing.

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