A muscular album of free improvisation from the quartet of Mette Rasmussen on alto saxophone, Paul Flaherty on alto & tenor saxophones, Zach Rowden on contrabass and Chris Corsano on drums & percussion, recording live at Firehouse 12 in New Haven, starting like an Albert Ayler hymn and evolving through overlapping lines of controlled and sometimes wonderfully chaotic collective conversation.
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2023 Country: USA Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold Recorded at Firehouse 12 in New Haven, Connecticut, June 23rd, 2019, by Greg DiCrosta.
1. The Hesitant Nature Of Doubt (Shadow Chase) 20:24
2. What To Expect When Faking Your Own Death 17:16
3. Industrial Sabotage Friday 4:21
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"A blisteringly sensitive assaultive slow dash concerning the heartbreaking space between and within solids. Two saxes, bass and drums freely improvising a restrained tantalizing acceptance."-Relative Pitch
"Once in a while there's something in a freely improvised session that screams out, letting you know that lightning has been captured, and that quality certainly applies to this scalding session recorded live at Firehouse 12 in New Haven Connecticut in June of 2019. Saxophonist Paul Flaherty, a gray eminence in the craggy western Massachusetts free improv scene, has a deep connection to drummer Chris Corsano, who has subsequently forged strong bonds with the Danish saxophonist Mette Rasmussen. Bassist Zach Rowden tends to work more in experimental contexts, but his fevering low-end here resoundingly affirms his gift for spontaneous music making. Flaherty and Rasmussen reveal a stunning rapport, feeding off one another's energy and responding with quicksilver alacrity. When the second long piece, 'What to Expect When Faking Your Own Death', surfaces you can hear the ecstatic course through Rasmussen's playing, literally gasping with delight - "Hey, man!" she exclaims, as if surprised by the stutter-step tones and pops she unleashes, organically building intensity and motion - and when she finishes there's a brief pause, as if everyone else has been lost in her reverie, too. That moment alone is worth the price of admission, but the rest of the session is almost as satisfying in its braided fury."-Peter Margasak, The Quietus