September 1st, 2008

LF-012 Gramineae - Justin Robert & Jeremy Powell

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     In February of 2007 I moved to Clearwater, Florida to take what was supposed to be a recording engineering job which later turned into something else entirely, but I'm getting off topic here. Anyway, after I was in Clearweirder for a few weeks I went down to a local music store. While there, an employee told me of a jam session happening at a music school that housed some of the top players in the area. I went down and indeed saw some very impressive musicians. While I was there I met Saxophonist, Jeremy Powell. Jeremy was one of the best players I had seen blow a horn in a really long time and I immediately thought he would be awesome to play with. I approached him with an idea I had about playing some all improvised music loosely based on jazz with me on drums. He agreed, and this recording is the result of that idea.

Jeremy had never played totally freestyle music before, but had plenty of experience playing. I had a feeling that he would be good at it opening up and just letting go with the music. I had been in several all improvised projects over the years including Antipope, Klubber Lang and the Laundry Room Squelchers, but what I had in mind was different than what the previous bands had done. I wanted a purer sound, one of more dynamics and finesse. I wanted it to be quieter, filled with nuances, and most of all I wanted skillful playing. I think Jeremy and I achieved this, and I think this recording is one that we can be very proud of.

We got together that Easter Sunday of 2007 in my old house on Douglas Avenue, which had a basement. A basement in Florida is a very rare thing. I set up a mixer with 2 Sennheiser 421s and two Behringer condenser mics and ran it into an analog JVC cassette deck. This is the unedited full recording of that day.

-Justin Robert

 

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