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Bassist Babin's Benzene band mixes free improvisation with rock overtones, tight changes giving way to excellent solos from all members of this exceptional quartet. |
In Stock Shipping Weight: 2.00 units Quantity in Basket: None Log In to use our Wish List ![]() UPC: 875531005844 Label: Drip Audio Catalog ID: DA00584 Squidco Product Code: 12812 Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2010 Country: Canada Packaging: Digipack Recorded by Jesse Gander at the Hive, Burnaby BC. Mixed and mastered by Dave Sikula. Personnel: Chad Makela-baritone saxophone Chad MacQuarrie-guitar Tommy Babin-bass Skye Brooks-drums Click an artist name above to see in-stock items for that artist. Highlight an instrument above and click here to Search for albums with that instrument. ![]() ![]() 1. Your Body Is Your Prison 6:27 2. Damaged 8:31 3. The Thing And I 8:40 4. Citizen Kang 5:27 5. Interlude 0:56 6. Les Trous Du Ciel 4:37 7. Pretty Boy Floyd 6:00 8. They Didn't Know They Were Robots 5:02 9. Sky Beneath My Feet 4:02 |
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![]() "Your Body Is Your Prison by Tommy Babin's Benzene brings the listener on a ride between full tilt free improv, hypnotic space-out rock and subtle balladry, all connected and interweaved as the band takes the helm to improvise an uncharted path between a series of wildly varying themes. The whole album was recorded live in the studio as one piece, as one take, capturing the excitement of the moment as the musicians perform with a "never the same way twice" ethos , and is meant to be listened to as a complete work in a single sitting . Acclaimed baritone saxophonist Chad Makela, guitarist Chad MacQuarrie (Dark Blue World, Copilots), bassist Babin and drummer Skye Brooks (Fond of Tigers, Inhabitants) are captured performing this music in the truest sense of the word with a level of communication, abandon, and freedom of mind that are rare in studio recordings. Your Body Is Your Prison is Vancouver-based bassist and composer Tommy Babin's first album featuring solely his own compositions, although his work as a composer and arranger can be heard on albums by such diverse artists and ensembles as Dark Blue World, Sky Beneath My Feet, Jeszcze Raz, Jorane, and FACT. As a bassist Tommy can be heard on scores of albums and has performed worldwide with a wide array of artists such as Gordon Grdina, Ramachandra Borcar, Jorane, Paul Plimley, Les Projectionnistes, Hamid Drake, Mats Gustaffson, The NOW Orchestra, Kudsi Egerner, Thomas Hellman and Joel Miller."-Drip Audio ![]() Improvised Music Jazz Rock and Related Improvised Rock Vancouver and Western Canada Quartet Recordings Canadian Composition & Improvisation |