: ' .. .:.... . ' ' ______________ : ________ : ' \ / .. .:. .. \ / : : \ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . : .\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _. : \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \ . ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / / : /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH! ' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. . :/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __ .\ / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / . . \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / : \/ ____ \ / / / / / : \ / \ /\____/\ / / : : ________\/ \ / \ / / : ' \ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. . \ / \/ \ / \ / \ / . ' : \/ F A N G \ / : ' ____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. . \ / presents \ / . . \/ \/ : : . ..:.. , : Artist......: Gordon Grdina Quartet : Album.......: Inroads : : Label.......: Songlines .. .:.. . Genre.......: Jazz : Catnr.......: SGL1624-2 . ' Source......: CD , ; Rip.date....: 2018-05-24 Str.date....: 2017-11-17 Quality.....: 227kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :.. .:. Url.........: http://https://songlines.com/release/inroads/ ' ' , ________ ________ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / # title time \ / \/ \/ 1. Giggles 4:03 2. Not Sure 11:38 3. P.B.S. 8:10 4. Semantics 2:30 5. Fragments 9:34 6. Casper 5:45 7. Kite Fight 1:57 8. Apocalympics 9:37 9. Giggles II 4:23 ______ \ / ________ Runtime 57:37 ,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 99.71 ______ :\/ ', \ / , \ / ' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /. : Release Notes: \/ , \/ , ' ' ,: This wild, eclectic project combines intricate counterpoint with :, : the ebb and flow of dynamic yet focused improvisation. Grdina : :' takes inspiration from the complexity of Bartok, the freedom of ': ,: Ornette Coleman, the energy and logical construction of ideas in :, : Soundgarden, and the delicacy of Webern. : :' ': ,: GrdinaÆs debut recording, Think Like the Waves, was a trio with :, : his mentor Gary Peacock and Paul Motian, and there is something : :' of that groupÆs deep improvised jazz roots at work here, along ': ,: with the compositional, classical music bent of his East Van :, : Strings project (The Breathing of Statues). ItÆs also a reaction : :' to his rock playing in recent years in Dan ManganÆs band and ': ,: his own instrumental duo Peregrine Falls. Says Grdina, ôI felt a :, : strong inner urge to write music that was more unexpected, that : :' didnÆt repeat itself so much and was more challenging than what ': ,: I had been playing. Forms can sometimes feel like youÆre being :, : strangled and talked down to. I wanted the music to continually : :' move, feeling free but clearly directed. ': ,: :, : ôCompositionally this also came out of the work IÆd done with : :' Gary Peacock but in a very different way. We worked a lot on ': ,: composition being a distilled idea that is the germ that sparks :, : improvisation. I wanted to see what would happen if I composed : :' the development of the ideas, keeping the same focused writing ': ,: style, asking the same questionsàThe process of writing was :, : similar to what I went through with East Van Strings, which was : :' informed by listening to a lot of Webern and the second ': ,: Viennese school. Ornette always being present is a given but :, : Soundgarden came up while on the road with Dan Mangan. When I : :' was young I was a fan but didnÆt really dig into it, as I was ': ,: too interested in jazz at the time. I started listening to them :, : again and was really excited and inspired by the energy and : :' careful construction of ideas, intricate yet logical. I was ': ,: also listening to a lot of Tim Berne and started to feel a :, : connection between the two. So there was something between that : :' intricacy and energy that I was really inspired by.ö ': ,: :, : ôThe musicians came together over a two-year process of getting : :' more involved in the NY scene. Oscar [a member of BerneÆs ': ,: Snakeoil], Russ and Satoshi are all amazing, incredibly well :, : rounded, multi-faceted musicians with unique voices. They are : :' also master improvisers, but the chemistry of the band wasnÆt ': ,: apparent at the start. We had a lot of short rehearsals, a gig :, : and then not seeing each other for two months. We did that for : :' about a year. We then went on the road for a string of dates ': ,: and everything changed. The band just solidified, everyoneÆs :, : unique voice began to shine and the compositions started to : :' click. ItÆs not easy music to grasp fully while youÆre playing ': ,: it, as it is very contrapuntal. Each instrument is focused on :, : their own part and it takes a while before you hear it click : :' with the other lines and the logic becomes apparent.ö ': ,: :, : ôOver the course of the last few years IÆve started to connect : :' some disparate directions musically. The oud and the guitar are ': ,: starting to become interchangeable in a wayàHow IÆm approaching :, : each instrument is becoming more and more similar. IÆm moving : :' further away from the original Arabic sound of the oud and ': ,: starting to push my own voice through its history. ôFragmentsö :, : is a departure for me and is a path I would like to further : :' develop with this band. Oud and piano in particular work so ': ,: well together but are fundamentally opposed instruments. It :, : really is like the meeting of two completely different worlds. : :' The clash of ideologies is exciting to me.ö ': ,: :, : ôI hear so many connections to so many genres in this music and : :' from these musicians that I feel it has an extremely broad ': ,: appealàIÆve gotten compliments from folk, jazz and classical :, : music fans both young and old, as well as fans of : :' SoundgardenàWhat it demands though is deep listening. There are ': ,: moments where it is energetic and in your face, bringing the :, : music to you, but it always goes back in, requiring the listener : :' to come closer and bring their own experience to it.ö ': : ' '.. ..' .. . :........... . . . . ............: . . ______________ ______________ \ / \ / \ / Shout out to all our homies from: \ / \ / \ / \ / iPC BOSS HiT2000 1way UKi i8 RNS \ / \ / RAGEMP3 MANDY DV8 pLAN9 BUTT \ / \ / \ / \/ ____ ____ \/ \ / F A N G \ / \/ 2 0 1 8 \/