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Cry Of The Saw​-​Whet

by Owl Xounds

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In Its Green Splendor...We Enter The Wood 21:19
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Upon Prisms The Form Has Taken 05:27
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This is the first release from the OWL SOUNDS family tree. Recorded way back in 2004, live at legendary hardcore punk venue ABC NO RIO!

Original release blurb:
"This 2-track 26+ minute CD is a kaleidoscope of jazz-based free-improvised sounds, created by Adam Kriney on drums, Gene Janas on upright bass, Randy Borra on alto sax, and Jay Dunbar also on upright bass, recorded live at the legendary underground punk venue, ABC No Rio, in New York City, on 12/5/4. The twin uprights of Dunbar and Janas (each panned to their own aural channel) establish the extremely psychedelic tones of this recording, with low end eruptions and each bass sawing, plucking, and bowing infinite yet relative patterns of bliss, Kriney's propulsive polyrhythmic and time-distorting drumming colours and drives the momentum of stellar energies, and Borra's alto sax tunefully melodicizes and solidifies the triple swirling rhythmic forces beneath him; and evermore the quartet manage to sail waves of improvised sound into impossibly cohesive passages. Time folds and unwinds, and the louder the saw-whet screams, to out-sing the great waterfall, the closer he comes to his own humility...and the OWL SOUNDS voices stay rooted in the traditions of yore and the desire to bring those emotions to outer dimensions...can I get a fucking 'AMEN'!? Recommended for those who seek the ESP/BYG Actuel side of things..."

It was originally issued in a pressing of 100 CD-Rs, long since sold out, on the Colour Sounds Recordings label, CSR008.

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released April 23, 2005

OWL SOUNDS "Cry Of The Saw Whet"

1. In Its Green Splendor...We Enter The Wood
2. Upon Prisms The Form Has Taken

Adam Kriney - drums
Gene Janas - upright bass (right channel)
Randy Borra - alto saxohphone
Jay Dunbar - upright bass (left channel)

Recorded live 12/05/04 at ABC NO RIO in NYC by DF (Dave Ferraro)

Colour Sounds Recordings 008

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Owl Xounds/Owl Sounds/Owl Xounds Exploding Galaxy were an undeniable force in the early 2000s NYC underground free- jazz/improv scene. They were deeply influenced by and sonically indebted to the early wave of 1960's avant-garde jazz music from such legendary cult labels as ESP-Disk and BYG Actuel. ... more

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