A double album of electroacoustic improv sessions from Sommerville, MA, centered around electronic artist Andrew Neumann on the Buchla Music Easel--a complex additive analogue synth--heard in quartet and trio sessions with Forbes Graham (trumpet), Sandy Ewen (guitar & objects), Junko Fujiwara (cello), Damon Smith (double bass) and Eric Rosenthal (drums & percussion).
Format: 2 CDs Condition: New Released: 2022 Country: USA Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold 3 Panels Recorded at "Q" Division Studios, in Sommerville, MA, on June 20th, 2019,
A double album of electroacoustic improv sessions from Sommerville, MA, centered around electronic artist Andrew Neumann on the Buchla Music Easel--a complex additive analogue synth--heard in quartet and trio sessions with Forbes Graham (trumpet), Sandy Ewen (guitar & objects), Junko Fujiwara (cello), Damon Smith (double bass) and Eric Rosenthal (drums & percussion). Neumann, also an artist, sculptor and installation artist, can be heard on the Driff album Bathysphere with Jeb Bishop, Tony Malaby, Taylor Ho Bynum, &c. His use of the Buchla synthesizer reminds of the work of Allen Ravenstine of Pere Ubu fame, interacting and accenting the work of the other players as he creates alien environments and pointillistic inflections. Masterful playing and concentration from all of the musicians makes their interaction continuously fascinating.