The title of this release is "Of Off Moon" and it is a split release with OWL SOUNDS and BIRDS IN THE MEADOW that was issued on CD-R (78 copies) on Colour Sounds Recordings (CSR 022) and is long sold out.
The OWL SOUNDS tracks here are from a live performance that was recorded on 1/13/06 live at The Kingsland Tavern, Brooklyn NY by DF (Dave Ferraro) and feature the early OWL SOUNDS lineup of Adam Kriney/Gene Janas/Randy Borra.
Original release blurb:
"...In a space hovering just off the surface of moon, generators of vibrations and tonal spheres emit into the wow of now...And just who is doing this generating and this emitting? Just two of THEE most essential and blistering underground freak-jazz units in the Northeast US, offering up a live side each on this split disc of lunar exploration!
New York City's OWL SOUNDS are here, hashing out a screaming yet melodic set, in their "Unseen Rhythmics" mode of Kriney-Janas-Borra, wrapped in a blanket of ESP fueled fire and spazz-punk fueled energy. While the aforementioned fire could easily be due to Randy Borra who studied under Jimmy Lyons and Gene Janas who spent time performing with Bern Nix, it is Kriney's hardcore/punk fueled drum styles that really propel things to the next stage. "Live At Kingsland Tavern" features Janas' dizzying bass-bows and Borra's relentless lyrical lines cross through all sorts of jazzness while shifting free/polyrhythmic utterances from Kriney steer the group through sections of delicacy and density. This would most likely be the last time original member Borra would perform with OWL SOUNDS, and in that celebration, the boys delight in Albert Ayler quotations and their oft-visited interpretation of Marion Brown's "Homecoming".
Richmond, Virginia's BIRDS IN THE MEADOW is the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist/computer/electronics-whiz Marty McCavitt. BITM's vision is a sort of meeting between the world of live improvised free-music and immediate responses from McCavitt's own software programming, to unexpectedly vibrant and real-time results. The group has a rotating cast including: sax-ist Darius Jones who plays in his trio LITTLE WOMEN, TANAKH (Alien8 Recordings), a trio with Cooper-Moore & Chad Taylor, FROM BACTERIA TO BOYS (w/ Mike Pride), etc; phenomenal Richmond free-music/jazz/avant drummer Brian Jones; and electronics/noise-wizard Kenny Yates of HARM STRYKER. This particular side from BITM features the duo of McCavitt and Darius Jones, in a thrilling and genre-defying mash-up of live-electronic/laptop and sax improv. Darius' palate scans the patterns of out-ness, from skwaks to squeals to trills and growls, while McCavitt's laptop whirs from bug tones to black noise, dulcimer samples, and melodic interplay with Jones. Fucking fantastic!
Comes in warped green sleeves of bewildering art, done up typical Colour Sounds style, limited to a 1 time pressing of 78 hand numbered copies!"
{{ONLY THE OWL SOUNDS TRACKS ARE AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD}}
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released September 1, 2006
OWL SOUNDS "Live At Kingsland Tavern, Brooklyn, NY"
Part 1. Arroz Con Habichuelas (Owl Sounds)
Part 2. The Truth Is Marching In, And Then Right Out Again (Albert Ayler/Owl Sounds)
Part 3. Homecoming (Marion Brown)
Adam Kriney - drums
Gene Janas - upright bass
Randy Borra - alto saxophone
Recorded on 1/13/06 live at Kingland Tavern, Brooklyn NY by DF (Dave Ferrara)
Artwork by Adam Kriney
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