An amazing little session – the kind of performance that can make free improvisation such a mindblowing thing when its handled by musicians this great! The date marks a strong return by guitarist Jeff Parker to the farther reaches of his sound – working here alongside the alto, tenor, and baritone saxes of Dave Rempis – as an effortless pair who seem to not only really get each other, but also find ways to make the sorts of sounds that each make the other musician sound even better than they otherwise might! Ingebrigt Haker Flaten is superb, as always, on bass – and Jeremy Cunningham really keeps up with the rest on drums – which sometimes means stepping back a bit to let the sound build.
This album features members of the Catalytic Sound collective, a musicians' co-op with the mission of developing new economic models for experimental musicians.
Fred Lonberg-Holm born in 1962, composer, improviser. He began formal cello studies at the age of 10. Former student of Anthony Braxton, Morton Feldman, Bunita Marcus and Pauline Oliveros. Fred was active in a number of projects, including the Peter Brötzmann Tentet, XMarsX (with Mars Williams), VCDC, ADA Trio (with Peter Brötzmann and Paal Nilssen-Love), the Vandermark 5, and many others that are still active today. Ongoing projects of which he is a member include Joe McPhee's Survival Unit III (with Michael Zerang), NRG Ensemble and Witches and Devils (with Mars Williams), Fast Citizens, Friction Brothers, Party Knüllers (with Stale Liavik), Boxhead Ensemble, Screw and Straw, and Ballister (with Paal Nilssen-Love and Dave Rempis) as well as many others.