Ithra, by Rempis/Reid/Abrams

Ithra

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1.	Lerna 03:15	buy track
2.	Many Labors 06:36	buy track
3.	Morphallaxis 11:25	buy track
4.	Wattle and Daub 05:39	buy track
5.	Sister Cities 04:04	buy track
6.	Sigu Tolo 05:42	buy track
7.	Chorissa 09:03	buy track
8.	Sessile 06:37	buy track

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"The eight pieces blend together so that it’s almost impossible to separate them, not unlike the empathetic interplay between Rempis’ horn, Reid’s cello, and Abrams’ bass." -Andy Beta, Pitchfork
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This collaborative trio featuring three mid-career artists with deep roots in the Chicago improvised music scene puts forth a stunning and austere debut, a chamber-like exploration in which their three voices intertwine seamlessly into one multi-headed unit. Although each member is no doubt comfortable as a soloist, with significant leader credits under each of their belts, here they shirk that approach in favor of a music that is unflinchingly interactive and group-oriented. In this context, solo explorations don’t drive the music, but instead the sum of the three parts together delivers an unstoppable momentum recalling the type of egalitarian interactions pioneered by the trio of Jimmy Giuffre, Paul Bley, and Steve Swallow in the early 1960’s. The resulting pieces, each one a thoroughly unique and cohesive landscape, deliver a strikingly clear example of what’s possible when musicians with broad interests in all types of contemporary musical expression combine their aesthetics in a non-genre and non-stylistically bound approach. Rempis, Reid, and Abrams deliver a wholly original sound on this recording, straddling the intersections of free improvisation, contemporary classical, jazz, and folk musics from around the world, without being contained by the precepts of any one of those influences. All of this begs the question if the music here is “freely improvised,” or “instantly composed,” or if it’s a set of pre-existing compositions that the band developed and rehearsed extensively, or if it’s a mix of all of those things? Have a listen, and take a guess. We’ll buy you a drink if you get it right.

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released September 14, 2018

Dave Rempis - alto/tenor saxophone
Tomeka Reid - cello
Joshua Abrams - bass

Recorded December 18th, 2017
@ Elastic Arts, Chicago
Recorded/mixed/mastered by Dave Zuchowski

Design by Johnathan Crawford
Produced by Dave Rempis

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