The music presented here is a metaphor for anarchy. It is leaderless, improvisational, yet fastidiously composed; it celebrates free development of thought and action. This music simultaneously celebrates collective and individualist artist expression of love and trust.
Anthropologist and coiner of the phrase ‘We are the 99%’, David Graeber said, “Anarchism is direct democracy; democracy without the government..acting as if you are already free.” Democracy means “rule by the people”. The etymology for democracy is from two Greek words: demos, meaning "the common people", and kratos, meaning “rule” or “power”. "People Power"
The musicians involved on this live recording gathered at Neptune’s in Raleigh during the first two months of 2017, arranged in (to use an anachronism) “combos” by the gentle hand of James Gilmore, to reflect, comment, muse, and pray for our current time and the future of the planet. In this freely improvised music, the compositional aspect is represented by the choice of the players in the ensemble.
We know the universe is expanding and evidence is mounting, that suggests the universe is conscious, if so, then music is as well. As the late great comedian Bill Hicks said in his famous LSD routine “...all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration...we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There is no such thing as death, life is only a dream and we're the imagination of ourselves”.
This music proves you don’t need to drop acid to have that realization.
-F. Vattel Cherry 09/09/17
credits
released October 15, 2017
James Gilmore - guitar
Vattel Cherry - bass
Laurent Estoppey - reeds
David Menestres - bass
Shawn Galvin - percussion
Out and Gone Music OG04
Recorded by Jamie Keesecker
Produced by Jamie Keesecker and James Gilmore
Mastered by Andrew Weathers
Recorded January 11th, 2017 live at Neptune's Parlour, Raleigh NC.
All music by Vattel Cherry, Shawn Galvin, James Gilmore, Laurent Estoppey and David Menestres.
Artwork by James Gilmore.
supported by 4 fans who also own “Bag of Tricks vol 1”
The trombone-contrabass duo, that in itself is worthy of attention, because we don't see this combination very often. And it's a truly monumental record. Not in the sense of noise intensity or length (although it is a good one), but in the way it manages to encompass microworlds, both sonic and abstract. jiristepan