#Ches Smith

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playlist 04.30.24

Present This is not the end (Cuneiform) Terms All Becomes Indistinct (Skin Graft) Luc Ferrari Complete Music for Films 1960-1984 (Sub Rosa) Bobby Krlic Beau is Afraid OST (A24 Music) MXLX Kicking Away at the Decrepit Walls (Ba da Bing) Einsturzende Neubauten Rampen (Potomak) Hildur Guðnadóttir A Haunting In Venice OST (Hollywood) Aoife O’Donovan All My Friends (Yep Roc) Extra Life The Sacred Vowel (Bandcamp) Laura Wolf and Feverkin Signals (Bandcamp) Elliott Sharp The Complete String Quartets (zOaR) nosync soundsystem magic (Plasma sources) Melvins Tarantula Heart (Ipecac) Ches Smith Laugh Ash (Pyroclastic) High On Fire Cometh The Storm (MNRK) Alain Goraguer Rare Soundtracks and Lost Tapes (1973-1984) (Transversales) Opiuo & The Opulent Orchestra (Bandcamp)

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Zorn part 1 - Incerto

Ches Smith still a cutie confirmed

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Mendoza Hoff Revels - Echolocation - a blast of instrumental skronk rock

Ava Mendoza: electric guitar, compositions Devin Hoff: electric bass, compositions James Brandon Lewis: tenor saxophone Ches Smith: drums 'Echolocation' is the astonishing debut album from Mendoza Hoff Revels, a formidable new unit led by Ava Mendoza & Devin Hoff and featuring James Brandon Lewis & Ches Smith. While Mendoza and Hoff have floated around each other's musical orbits for decades, and have been friends for some time, this is their first work together on record. It is an electric & holy harmonic fusion of highly estimable musical forces; wholly rendered. The original impetus of this group was Mendoza’s, based on the love she and Hoff shared for aggressive and polyglot electric avant-garde ensembles – artists like mid-80's Black Flag (w/ Roessler & Stevenson) and Ornette Coleman's Prime Time bands revolutionized the way they heard music. As stated in their liner notes, "we shared the writing of these pieces, though without the sizable stamps of both James and Ches, they would sound nothing like they do here.” The result – 21st Century progressive rock played by punk rockers with serious improv skills and a deep jazz feel. And vitally – non-stop wicked catchy tunes, riffs & grooves. Strong sonic references on our initial hearing at AUM Fidelity were The Stooges’ Funhouse, rendered by an entire band readily adept at rapidly swinging rhythmic & harmonic shifts (plus tenor sax on every track!) -&- minutemen, both their entire body of music & their fundamental egalitarian punk ethos. A higher combo accolade to any "rock-adjacent" band playing with electricity we at AUM cannot bestow. Art & Design by William Mazza Studio

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Listen/purchase: Here's The Light by Ches Smith and We All Break

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Okay but this song is an absolute BANGER. It goes from chaotic dissonance to melodic funk jazz and I love it with my whole mf heart.

I've also been attempting to notate Thaumaturge (for violin) from the same album and dear god there are so many sharps and flats and my fingers get so confused. But it's probably my favourite song off the whole album.

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Co w jazzie piszczy [sezon 2 odcinek 30]

premierowa emisja 21 sierpnia 2024 – 18:00 Graliśmy: Sam Braysher feat. Sara Dowling “That’s Him” z albumu  “That’s Him: The Music of Kurt Weil” Andromeda Turre “Geosphere” z albumu “From Earth”     Individuation “Multiple Worlds” z albumu “The  Phenomenal” – Mother Brain Records Kronthaler “Night” z albumu  “Some call him Johnny Grey” –  BMC Records Erik Friedlander “D’Arce (Mod 2)” z…

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Ches Smith — Laugh Ash (Pyroclastic)

Percussionist and electronic musician Ches Smith enlists a who’s who of postmodern jazz/contemporary classical collaborators on his latest Pyroclastic recording, Laugh Ash. While his imaginative use of instruments and electronics has for years been distinctive, this recording finds Smith truly coming into his own as a composer.

The opening track, “Minimalism,” begins with a rangy tune played by trumpeter Nate Wooley and sung by Shara Lunon. The rest of the ensemble, made up of winds (flutist Anna Webber, clarinetist Oscar Noriega, and tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis), strings (violinist Jennifer Choi, violist Doyle Armbrust and cellist Michael Nicholas), bassist/keyboardist Shazmad Ismally, and Smith, takes up a furious ostinato, over which Lunon intones a spoken word monologue. A quick flourish finishes this curtain-raiser.

“Remote Convivial” is composed of an additive group of melodies for winds against another busy strings-and-percussion ostinato. Lewis and Choi engage in a squalling interlude, accompanied by a funk bass line from Ismally and economical drumming from Smith. All of a sudden, the music veers off, the acoustic instruments cease, and synths create sounds that recall early digital bleeps. As if this never happened, the group resumes, with an angular melody, sustained wind chords, and a busy string ostinato. The strings drop out, and Lewis, Webber, and Noriega close out the piece, repeating the tune over simple quarter notes from Smith.

“Disco Inferred” submerges the dance style in several polyrhythms played by the rest of the ensemble. Smith unleashes a synth interlude that reappears several times and keeps the groove moving while the other plays go their own way. “Sweatered Webs (Hey Mom)” and “Shaken, Stirred Silence” are afforded time for the musicians to stretch out. Strident chords for winds and undulating repetitions for strings are juxtaposed with solos by Wooley, Lewis, and Noriega. Lunon contributes more spoken word, her voice incantatory in demeanor.

“Unyielding Daydream Welding” begins with sustained octaves that soon start to undulate. A third of the way through, the drums and electronic beats kick in, over which waywardly crossing lines and vocal ah’s provide abundant syncopation. Lewis solos in a muscular outro. The final piece, “Exit Shivers,” begins with thunderous percussion, thrumming bass, a plethora of glissandos, and an altissimo sustained note. In another musical oasis, strummed cello, dyadic clarinet lines, and microtonal bends on flute create a slice of soft chamber music. After a thunderous crescendo, accompanied by string glissandos, Webber once again provides a discordant, effects laden solo. Noriega and Webber then trade bird calls while Smith adds metallic percussion to the proceedings. Lunon and the winds begin the final section, in which propulsive drumming and modern jazz-inflected playing solidifies the background. Noriega adds a virtuosic coda, followed by slow-moving tutti verticals to conclude.

The combination of intricate, composed pieces, often diverging at formal boundaries, and fulsome improvisation from everyone in the group makes for a compelling totalist offering that is one of my favorites thus far in 2024.

Christian Carey

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Ceramic Dog "Lies My Body Told Me" live at KEXP

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03.20.24 Ches Smith's Laugh Ash with Shara Lunon voice and vocal processing, lyrics, Anna Webber flute, Oscar Noriega clarinets,James Brandon Lewis tenor sax, Nate Wooley trumpet, Jennifer Choi violin, Kyle Armbrust viola, Michael Nicolas cello, Shahzad Ismaily bass, Moog and Ches Smith electronics, drums, percussion. At Roulette Intermedium NYC.

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Erik Friedlander Quartet The Throw (JazzMadrid 2022) [Concierto de jazz] Por Carlos Lara y Enrique Farelo

Erik Friedlander Quartet The Throw (JazzMadrid 2022) [Concierto de jazz] Por Carlos Lara y Enrique Farelo

Festival Internacional Jazzmadrid 2022 Fecha: Martes, 17 de noviembre de 2022 Lugar: Fernán Gómez. Centro Cultural de la Villa (Madrid) Grupo: Erik Friedlander Quartet The Throw Erik Friedlander: violonchelo Uri Caine: piano Mark Helias: contrabajo Ches Smith: batería El violonchelista Erik Friedlander encabezando su nuevo cuarteto, The Throw, con el pianista Uri Caine, el bajista Mark Helias y…

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various doodles of apex girlies

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Ches Smith - Minimalism, from Laugh Ash, out February 2, 2024 via Pyroclastic Records - really excited for this, 3 horns AND a string quartet in the group

Drummer, percussionist and composer Ches Smith collides a lifetime of eclectic influences on his startling, unpredictable new album Laugh Ash, out February 2, 2024 via Pyroclastic Records. James Brandon Lewis, Nate Wooley, Anna Webber, Shahzad Ismaily, Oscar Noriega, Shara Lunon, Jennifer Choi, Kyle Armbrust and Michael Nicolas join Smith on this breathtakingly original set of music. The album makes thrilling use of disorientation and juxtaposition: starkly beautiful chamber melodies coexist with synthetic rhythms, explosive bursts of improvisation with elusive song forms, austere ambience with thundering complexity. Video for the track Minimalism: Directed and Edited by Frank Heath Produced by David Breskin

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Listen/purchase: Q&A by Dave Holland, Evan Parker, Craig Taborn, Ches Smith

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There's a podcast episode with Trevor Dunn from last week where he talks about Trio Convulsant, his music processes, Bungle etc. You can listen to it here

Also Séances is now out! Available on Bandcamp and Spotify!

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Co w jazzie piszczy [sezon 2 odcinek 6]

premierowa emisja 14 lutego 2024 – 18:00 Graliśmy: Ches Smith  “The Most Fucked”  z albumu “Laugh Ash” – Pyroclastic Records Mary Halvorson “Tailhead” z albumu “Cloudward” – Nonesuch Records Arne Torvik Trio “Places To Write” z albumu “Songs for Roman” – Losen Records Hans P. Kjorstad & Ernst Reijseger   “Ginnung Where You There” z albumu “Gap of Ginn” – Motvind Records Peter Erskine “Some…

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APEX LEGENDS as Taylor Swift albums