The Squid's Ear Magazine


Escalante, Martin / Charlie Mumma / Tete Leguia: This Molten Salt (Wash and Wear Records)

A searing trio of saxophonist Martin Escalante, bassist Tete Leguia, and drummer Charlie Mumma, captured across sessions in Nashville and Grand Rapids, unleashing an uncompromising pedal-free noise assault that fuses the extremity of free jazz with noise music intensity, their ferocious interplay creating dense, volatile structures that channel chaos into a raw, intuitive sonic onslaught.
 

Price: $10.95



Quantity:

In Stock

Quantity in Basket: None

Log In to use our Wish List
Shipping Weight: 3.00 units


EU & UK Customers:
Discogs.com can handle your VAT payments
So please order through Discogs

Sample The Album:





product information:

Personnel:



Martin Escalante-alto saxophone

Tete Leguia-electric bass

Charlie Mumma-drums


Click an artist name above to see in-stock items for that artist.




UPC: 0634240352164

Label: Wash and Wear Records
Catalog ID: W&W02
Squidco Product Code: 36633

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2025
Country: Mexico
Packaging: Cardboard Sleeve Sealed
Track 1 bass and saxophone recorded at The Packing Plant, in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 12th, 2021. Drums recorded At His Lab, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on October 19th, 2024, by Michael Houseman.

Tracks 2 and 3 recorded At Harlan Rails and Fireplace, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on October 10th, 2021.

Descriptions, Reviews, &c.

"A relentless pedal-free noise blitz that will surely offend most music lovers is certainly going to delight a wide range of noise fans. This album fits somewhere between extreme free jazz and the works of Iannis Xenakis.

Charlie Mumma has played drums on over 150 albums with legendary noise-grind-music concrete band Sissy Spacek, led by John Wiese, an outfit that changes members almost as often as they get in the studio. Martin Escalante has appeared on a few of those Spacek albums; in fact, that is how Mumma and Escalante first met, while recording with members of LAFMS, Bill Nace, C Spencer Yeh and others.

Escalante has also recorded a few dozen albums with Otomo Yoshihide, Weasel Walter, Tatsuya Yoshida, Moe, Toshiji Mikawa and others. Tete Leguia is very active in the New York improvisation scene and is a frequent collaborator of Escalante's. Leguia comes from the vibrant experimental scene in Lima, Peru, but now is a staple of the New York scene and has also played with Weasel Walter, Sam Weinberg, James McKain and many others.

This CD documents their first session and live performance as a trio. Once you press play, do not expect for this thing to "build up to something" or "mellow out". However, there is a satisfying structure here, propelled by some kind of intuitive motion, which maybe like a dream that serves to process the apparent nonsense and absurdity of real life."— Wash and Wear Records


Artist Biographies

Born in Lakewood in the US, Martín Escalante is a photographer, film maker and self taught musician. In 2012 he founded Sploosh Records, publishing various solo and collaborative works. Escalante is associated with Lasse Marhaug's Best Studio in Oslo, where he recorded the soundtrack for his brother Amat Escalante's film The Untamed.

-Squidco 8/25/2025

Have a better biography or biography source? Please Contact Us so that we can update this biography.

"Teté Leguía (Lima, 1985) has been playing music most of his life. Started jamming funk tunes with some friends in a basement, that quickly lead to free improv and noise. Very active in the Peruvian experimental scene as a solo improviser and collaborator. Has been a member of Tanuki Metal Futari Plus 1, Liquidarlo Celuloide and Trio Nuna. Studied composition at the National Conservatory of Perú. Runs a free improvisation cycle of concerts called "Minutos para el fin" that occur twice a month in Lima and plays frequently with his pop band "Gomas". In June he is going to be on a tour with Martin Escalante presenting their duo album that they recorded in Oslo's Best Studio of Lasse Marhaug. "

-Discogs (https://www.discogs.com/artist/1487117-Tet%C3%A9-Leguia)
8/25/2025

Have a better biography or biography source? Please Contact Us so that we can update this biography.

Charlie Mumma, aka Charles David Mumma borm 1983 in Portland, Oregon, is a drummer and vocalist, a member of Backpatch, Human Agony, Papal Regurgitation, Sissy Spacek, Surplus Killing, Unexamine, Vile Horrendous Aerial Bombardment, and solo.

-Squidco 8/25/2025

Have a better biography or biography source? Please Contact Us so that we can update this biography.


Track Listing:



1. This Molten Salt 15:08

2. Impossible To Consider 14:46

3. Entity Grabbin' 13:49

Related Categories of Interest:


Improvised Music
Jazz
Free Improvisation
Collective & Free Improvsation
Mexico, Central & South Americas + Islands
Trio Recordings
New in Improvised Music
Recent Releases and Best Sellers

Search for other titles on the label:
Wash and Wear Records.


Recommended & Related Releases:
Yoshida, Tatsuya / Martin Escalante
The Sound of Raspberry [VINYL]
(Wash and Wear Records)
A relentless duo of Japanese drummer, vocalist and electronic artist Tatsuya Yoshida (Ruins, Koenji Hyakkei), with Mexican saxophonist Martín Escalante on alto and voice, captured live in Tokyo in fourteen explosive improvisations of blistering energy, searing noise, and sudden precision shifts, balancing chaotic abandon with uncanny control.
Escalante, Martin
Playing Harsh Noise on the Saxophone since 2012
(Wash and Wear Records)
An uncompromising solo debut from Mexican saxophonist Martin Escalante, recorded live in Japan and presenting an unrelenting storm of harsh acoustic noise without electronics, his ferocious technique transforming the saxophone into a raw conduit of layered textures, tones, and vocalizations for an intensely passionate and overwhelming performance.
MNE (Mikawa / Numata / Escalante)
MNE Is Not NME
(Love Earth Music)
The trio of Toshiji Mikawa on electronics, Jun Numata (Doubtmusic) on guitar & electronics and Martin Escalante on saxophone for a superbly noisy and chaotic attack captured in Tokyo at Bar Isshee in 2023, two all-out assaults of clear electronic mayhem that would sit shoulder-to-shoulder with Borbetomagus and their kind; terrifyingly awesome!
Heule / Leguia / Rivero / Escalante
An Inscrutable Bodily Discomforting Thing
(Kettle Hole Records)
A ferocious collision of free improvisation and noise, this blistering live session unites Jacob Felix Heule (drums), Teté Leguía (bass), Danishta Rivero (voice, electronics), and Martín Escalante (saxophone) in a 40-minute maelstrom of distortion, guttural textures, and fractured intensity, balancing moments of collective abstraction with sheer sonic intensity.
MARANATA (Wesseltoft / Stiberg / Escalante)
Ugly Euphoria
(Relative Pitch)
An album of brutal improvisation in the Borbetomagus mold as the longstanding Maranata duo of Dag Stiberg on alto and baritone saxophones and Jon Wesseltoft on electronics join forces with Mexican saxophonist Martín Escalante, creating an unrelenting sonic assault of frenzied saxophone interplay and harsh electronics, fueled by a visceral intensity and high-pressure chaotic energy.
Dijkstra / McBride / Rosenthal + (Bishop / Prentky / Lowe)
Porchbone
(Driff Records)
Active since 2016, The "Bone" in PorchBone is heard in the three trombonists who join the trio of bassist Nate McBride, drummer Eric Rosenthal, and saxophonist Jorrit Dijkstra, who composed 7 of the 8 pieces on this album (Duke Ellington is the 8th, and the inspiration for their sound along with Sun Ra), with trombonists Jeb Bishop, Michael Prentky & Bill Lowe.
Countryman / Toyozumi / Bates
Lovely Tago (On A Friday Night)
(FMR)
The second of two performances at Tago Jazz in Cubao, Quezon City, Philippines in 2024 between first generation Japanese free improvisational drummer, Sabu Toyozumi, Malaysia-based bassist, Richard Allan Bates, and Philippines-based alto saxophonist, Rick Countryman, this energetic concert recorded after two days in the studio developing their collective sound.
Malecki, Artur & The Creature Trio (w/ Chmiel / Aftyka)
Widoki
(Fundacja Sluchaj!)
Widoki, Polish for Views, is the debut album of the free improvising trio of Artur Malecki on drums, Michal Aftyka on double bass & electric bass and Przemylaw Chmiel on tenor & soprano saxophones, performing seven compositions from drummer Malecki and one collective improvisation, a strong and wide-ranging set of recordings from a band with a fresh perspective on creative jazz.
Pitsiokos, Chris
Carny Cant [VINYL]
(Eleatic Records)
In the spirit of Downtown NY by merging forms of jazz, rock and experimental music, Chris Pitsiokos bookends his album with two solo pieces, joining forces with NY electric guitarist Rick Eye for 4 tracks and drummer Jason Nazary joining for 3 tracks, as Pitsiokis performs on alto & baritone sax, harmonica, electric bass, guitar & drums, electronic instruments & voice.
Jerkagram / Martin Escalante
Parkour
(577 Records)
Ater a concert in Los Angeles with Martin Escalante on the same bill, the twin brothers, guitarist Derek Gaines and drummer Brent Gaines, asked the extreme saxophonist to join them in the creation of a new, cathartic form of improvisation, filled with angst and dramatic release, ending with an extended journey in sound and squawk; a gripping album of gritty improv.
Gorilla Mask (Van Huffel / Fidezius / Fischerlehner)
Iron Lung [VINYL]
(Clean Feed)
An assertive album of free playing from the trio of Peter Van Huffel on alto sax, Roland Fidezius on electric bass, and Rudi Fischerlehner on drums, giving the music punk-jazz overtones in sound and rhythmic approach while clearly adhering to the heavy free jazz styles of the European masters.
Hasselberg, Joao / Pedro Branco
From Order To Chaos
(Clean Feed)
Primarily a bass and guitar duo between Portugese natives Joao Hasselberg, on double bass and electric, and electric guitarist Pedro Branco, here in their second album together of delicately sophisticated string improvisations, joined by a a great set of collaborators to expand the duo to trio and quartet.
Punkt3 (Pfister / Punkt / Oliveras)
Ordnung Herrscht
(Clean Feed)
Led by bassist Noah Punkt, this young Leipzig-Zurich improvising trio with drummer Ramon Oliveras and saxophonist Tobias Pfister blend an unusual sense of humor into serious free jazz, with strange asides or layers of sound punctuating superb and energetic playing.
Tsahar / Maneri / Black
Jam
(Hopscotch Records)
Three creative young musicians in New York Tsahar, Mat Maneri and Black in a trio of warmly orchestrated free improv with witty restraint in extended conversation.



Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought:
Kaze (Fujii / Tamura / Orins / Pruvost) with/ Koichi Makigami
Shishiodoshi
(Circum-Libra)
A joyful and unpredictable meeting of Japanese quartet Kaze — pianist Satoko Fujii, trumpeters Natsuki Tamura and Christian Pruvost, and drummer Peter Orins — with avant-rock icon Koichi Makigami, recorded live in Lille in a kaleidoscopic blend of free improv, surreal humor, textural exploration, and exuberant interplay that celebrates spontaneity and sonic invention.
Yoshizawa, Motoharu / Kim Dae Hwan
Way Of The Breeze
(NoBusiness)
A rare 1993 live duo between Japanese avant-garde pioneers Motoharu Yoshizawa on electric bass and Kim Dae Hwan on percussion, this profound and genre-defying recording explores sound itself, blending space, silence, and spontaneous interaction into a philosophical, boundary-pushing acoustic journey that evokes elemental, organic sonic landscapes.
Kira Kira (Fujii / Tamura / Spence / Yoshida)
Kira Kira Live
(Alister Spence Music)
Picking up from their 2018 album Bright Force, the quartet of Libra label leaders Satoko Fujii on piano and Natsuki Tamura on trumpet, with Australian improviser Alister Spence on Fender Rhodes electric piano, and now with Magaibutsu/Ruins legend Tatsuya Yoshida on drums, are heard in two wildly powerful 2024 concerts at Koendori Classics in Tokyo and at Jazz Inn Lovely, Nagoya, with compositions from each member.
TGB (Carolino / Frazao / Delgado)
ROOM 4
(Clean Feed)
Twenty years of activity and advancement is heard in this fourth album from the dynamic tuba power trio of tubist Sergio Carolino, guitarist Mario Delgado & drummer Alexandre Frazao, an electric jazz unit of deep power and drive, on this album leaving behind cover tunes that included Deep Purple and Thelonious Monk to focus on compositions from each band member.




The Squid's Ear Magazine

The Squid's Ear Magazine

© 2002-, Squidco LLC