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Gypsy Monks On Holiday w/ bonus track

by Owl Xounds

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Samba Samosa And The Circular Saw 12:47
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2.
We Are But Three Small Faces 05:18
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3.
Are Those Your Graham Crackers From The Wiccan Ceremony Last Week? 11:46
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4.
Swimming On The Sun (bonus track) 10:08
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"Gypsy Monks On Holiday" was issued on cassette on the Curor Recordings label, and it is a rather raw and sonically rough around the edges release. This album featured 3 live recordings of the group (across 2 different concerts from 2/18 & 2/19/2007), but sadly the fidelity and instrument separation is non-existent, as it was purely a mono field recording of the performances, and the drums are overbearingly loud. Nevertheless, here it is as a factual part of the OWL XOUNDS discography. This download also includes a bonus track, which was an additional improvised piece recorded on 2/19/7 that was released on the Feral Debris Zine/CD-R Compilation Vol. 3.

Review of "Gypsy Monks On Holiday" from Christian Llewellyn-Hardy at heavyvibes.blogspot.com
"For those spirited heads who like their free-jazz with a touch of the cosmic, and their feet dipped wet with infinity, Owl Xounds' exuberant outer-space jams are as awesomely pleasing as they are wildly unpredictable. On "Gypsy Monks On Holiday," the usual Owl Xounds Exploding Galaxy duo of Adam Kriney (drums) and Gene Janas (upright bass) are joined by Mario Rechtern (saxophones, electronics) and Gene Moore (electric guitar). This high-bias C-30 boasts three sprawling live improvisations from two separate performances. The bombastic and wild-eyed "Sambs Samosa And The Circular Saw" and the brief attack of "We Are But Three Small Faces" were both recorded live at SUNY Purchase , NY on 2/19/7, while the organic mutant jazz "Are Those Your Graham Crackers From The Wiccan Ceremony Last Week?" was cut live one day earlier at the Flywheel in Easthampton, MA on 2/18/7. Mario Rechtern's saxophone threatens a savage mutiny on "Gypsy Monks..," but Adam Kriney is so at the top of this game on this one he's shot straight through Maslow's pyramid of needs and wants and wound up blasting somewhere through a stratosphere of technical wizardry. Keep an eye on Owl Xounds, these space-jazz cadets are headed somewhere brilliant, sparkling, and totally uncharted."

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released August 1, 2007

OWL XOUNDS "Gypsy Monks On Holiday" w/ bonus track

1. Samba Samosa And The Circular Saw
2. We Are But Three Small Faces
3. Are Those Your Graham Crackers From The Wiccan Ceremony Last Week?

*bonus track*
4. Swimming On The Sun

Adam Kriney - drums
Gene Janas - upright bass
Mario Rechtern - saxophones, electronics
Gene Moore - electric guitar (on track 3 only)

Tracks 1, 2, 4 Recorded live at SUNY Purchase, NY 2/19/07
Track 3 Recorded live at Flywheel, Easthampton, MA 2/18/07

Tracks 1-3 Released as "Gypsy Monks On Holiday" cassette on Curor Recordings, in an edition of 51 copies, no catalog number assigned.
Artwork by Adam Kriney

Track 4 Released on the Feral Debris Vol 3. Zine/CD-R Compilation. No known quantity pressed.

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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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