The NYC Liminal Series turns the spotlight on NYC's improvised/ experimental music community. Attention is placed on key figures who have contributed in cultivating the scene and its music as an ever evolving open discourse. The extraordinarily diverse backgrounds and interests of the musicians, paired with an incessant drive for research/experimentation/discovery, imparts a collective artistry which exceeds traditional efforts of description and codification. Thus, the overall organizing of the Series comes through a most material parameter: instrument. Furthermore, the Series does not intend to be a complete document of the community it represents; rather, it serves as a possible expression of innumerable combinations and as a reference back to the greater community from which it has emerged.
The instrument itself is a type of body, a limit with its own unique characteristics. By challenging and surpassing customary relationships between instrument and performer, the notion of instrument functions as a platform for continual reinvention, a medium for a new musical language
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- Brian Chase / Chaikin Records
released December 15, 2023
"Mode for DT" - Peter Evans (piccolo trumpet)
Recorded by Peter Evans, April, 2023
"Room for the Small Things" - Steph Richards (flugelhorn and sympathetic bass drum); recorded by Andrew Munsey, March 24th, 2023; mixed by Brian Chase at Chaikin Records Studio
"Satyr-speak" and "Fauvist Massage" - Joe Moffett (trumpet); recorded by Brian Chase at Chaikin Records Studio, March 16th, 2023; mixed by Brian Chase
"After Audra Wolowiec" - Nate Wooley (trumpet/amplifier); recorded by Brian Chase at Chaikin Records Studio, March 8th, 2023; mixed by Brian Chase
All tracks mastered by Brian Chase at Chaikin Records Studio
peterevanstrumpet.com
stephrichards.com
joemoffettmusic.com
natewooley.com
chaikinrecords.com
This edition of the NYCLS is dedicated to the memory of Jaimie Branch
THANK YOU: Peter, Steph, Joe and Nate
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