Intense free improvisation recorded in the studio from the Netherlands duo of Rene Aquarius on drums and Otto Kokke on saxophone, in an ever-shifting display of technical prowess and twisted approaches to playing, a controlled grindcore of cathartic jazz.
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UPC: 616892327547
Label: Relative Pitch
Catalog ID: RPR1033
Squidco Product Code: 21168
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2015
Country: USA
Packaging: Digipack
Recorded at White Noise Studio in Winterswijk, Holland, by Marlon Wolterink.
Intense free improvisation recorded in the studio from the Netherlands duo of Rene Aquarius on drums and Otto Kokke on saxophone, in an ever-shifting display of technical prowess and twisted approaches to playing, a controlled grindcore of cathartic jazz.
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• Show Bio for Rene Aquarius "Drummer René Aquarius lives in Nijmegen, Netherlands, and has an "unhealthy obsession for grindcore, soundtracks and experimental music." He is best know for his work in Dead Neanderthals and Celestial Bodies." ^ Hide Bio for Rene Aquarius • Show Bio for Otto Kokke Otto Kokke is a Norwegian saxophonist from Nijmegen, The Netherlands, who also uses the alias Veni Om, and is known for groups Dead Neanderthals, DNMF, Fantoom, Krishna, and Mannheim. ^ Hide Bio for Otto Kokke
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Track Listing:
1. Worship 18:52
2. The Sun 17:51
Improvised Music
European Improvisation, Composition and Experimental Forms
Free Improvisation
Jazz
Duo Recordings
Saxophone & Drummer / Percussionist Duos
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