A collage of styles and experimentation developed over several years by bassist and multi-instrumentalist Evan Strauss, using long-form graphically notated conceptual compositions based on bird calls along with thematic material from Ursula K. Le Guin, expanded with narration and poetry from Daniel Carter and titled from an excerpt by Virginia Woolf.
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Daniel Carter-voice, flute, clarinet, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone
Evan Strauss-synthesizers, programing, upright bass, electric bass, bass clarinet, tenro saxophone
Sheridan Riley-drums
5-track-guitar
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UPC: 736952028495
Label: 577 Records
Catalog ID: LP-577R-5895
Squidco Product Code: 32514
Format: LP
Condition: New
Released: 2022
Country: USA
Packaging: Digipack
Recorded at Soundhouse, in Seattle, Washington, in 2018, by Jack Endino.
"The Uproar in Bursts of Sound and Silence is a sort of emergent collage that came together over four years of composition, improvisation and production. The foundations for this album were initially recorded in 2018 by producer/engineer Jack Endino (Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Skinyard) at Soundhouse in Seattle, WA with myself (Evan Strauss, electric bass and upright bass), 5-Track (Guitar) and Sheridan Riley (Drums).
The initial foundations of this music consisted of my long-form graphically notated conceptual compositions based on the calls of the Veery songbird (Catharus fuscescens), the astrological transits at the precise time of the recording session and some thematic elements from Ursula K. Le Guin's novel The Dispossessed. In 2019 the album was given the working title Bird Songs for the Stars and I commissioned the cover art, Night Fisher, from Jeane Cohen.
Also around this time, Daniel Carter had emphatically told me, "I'm going to become a rapper by the time I turn 90." So, a few weeks later Daniel and I were hanging out, recording music and eating stir fry in my Ditmas Park apartment and I convinced him to make some progress on his goals by recording his voice into a microphone. Daniel began by recording an excerpt from Virginia Woolf's The Waves and continued by recording some of his own poetry. The recordings of Daniel from that afternoon would eventually make their way onto this album alongside my own experimentations in production inspired by Lee Scratch Perry, J Dilla and Ingram Marshall. I have since come to believe that this music was waiting for Daniel's voice and music.
Over the next couple of years I experimented with production techniques, renamed the album The Uproar in Bursts of Sound and Silence after an excerpt from The Waves ("wind blows the uproar in bursts of sound and silence across the court / now again they are smashing the china / that is the convention"), moved to the pacific northwest, corresponded with the estate of Virginia Woolf, mastered the entire project onto a cassette tape and convinced 577 records to release it. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have!""-Evan Strauss, February 2022
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• Show Bio for Daniel Carter "Daniel Carter (born December 28, 1945, in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania) is an American experimental saxophone, flute, clarinet, and trumpet player active mainly in New York City since the early 1970s. Carter is a prolific performer and has recorded or performed with William Parker, Federico Ughi, DJ Logic, Thurston Moore, Yo La Tengo, Sun Ra, Cecil Taylor, Sonic Youth, scientist/musician Matthew Putman, Cooper-Moore, Sam Rivers, David S. Ware, Yoko Ono, Living Colour, Medensky Martin and Wood and Jaco Pastorius among others. He is a member of the cooperative free jazz groups TEST and Other Dimensions In Music." ^ Hide Bio for Daniel Carter • Show Bio for Evan Strauss "Evan Strauss is Seattle and Brooklyn based bassist, multi-instrumentalist, improviser, producer and audio engineer. His many musical skills and passions are illuminated by an extensive discography, myriad collaborations and a proudly DIY ethos." ^ Hide Bio for Evan Strauss • Show Bio for Sheridan Riley Sheridan Riley is a drummer/percussionist using acoustic and electronic textures to play with the contradictions, juxtapositions, surprises, discomforts, pleasures, etc that give form to emotional existence. He is known for the groups Alvvays, Avi Buffalo, and Peg. ^ Hide Bio for Sheridan Riley • Show Bio for 5-track "Currently solo guitar performings, singing songs, playing bass for MKB ULTRA and PEG and BEYOND CAPTAIN ORCA, guitar for ASTROL WATERS and TOAST FANTASY and THE WALKING FACES and ARGAN BAND, broadcasting reiki via amplification, telling fortunes by guitar." ^ Hide Bio for 5-track
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Track Listing:
1. Hands, The The Bonfire 1:44
2. Gemini Rising 20:16
3. Examination Exanimation 18:56
4. Aquarian Mars 6:19
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