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From The Edge

by EXILES

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1.
Sonaire: Subterranean Forest 05:12
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2.
Music Of The Ancient Future 04:57
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3.
Scherzo 04:15
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4.
Estellarisations 07:00
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5.
From The Edge 03:51
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6.
Into The Dark 05:00
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7.
Currents 03:18
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8.
Sonaire: The End Of Time 06:29
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9.
Bhakti 04:47
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10.
Mantra 09:23
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11.
Perihelion 05:40
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12.
Sonaire: Forbidden Planet 05:07
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13.
Festival For The Destroyer Of Illusion 04:36
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Orchestral multitrack compositions and duet free improvisation. This is the 'Best of Exiles' vol. 1, culled from their previous 7 releases on the Esfoma Recordings label remixed and mastered for this compilation. From The Edge documents a twelve year history of recording and performance presenting an evolving vernacular unique even to the experimental realm of New Music. All cuts are improvised performances recorded live, in one take. Overdubs (on the multitrack orchestral cuts) are duet improvs utilizing unconventional charts and a variety of strategies to define the layering of successive tracks creating the impression of a large well rehearsed ensemble while retaining the spontaneous feel of live free improvisation.



"Exiles have destructured standard musical notions so radically that the mind is mainlined imagery as immediate and lush as any Rousseau painting and as mystic as the best of Turner or Blake."
--Marc Tucker, Concrete Dreams

"While the high energy sound the duo produces owes a certain allegiance to various ethnic, jazz and classical styles...it is easiest to respond to the sheer vitality of Exiles playing...Mills and Zelenka's improvisations are stimulating both viscerally and intellectually, well worth the attention of adventurous listeners."
--James Werzbicki, St. Louis Globe-Democrat.



From reviews of EXILES' previous releases on the Esfoma Recordings label

On Breaking The Spell: "...throbbing living music, a sterling blend of technological tools, strong technical skills and humanistic impulses"
--Milo Fine, Cadence, 1987

On The Only Cure: "A unique blend of world fusion with a hard , wild avant-garde jazz edge...The Only Cure demands and rewards a special kind of listening."
--Kenneth Warrens, WKJC-FM Play List, 1986

On Dangerous Music: "Jay Zelenka and Greg Mills kick ass with incalculable fury. But, the mania is 100% inspiration, lacking any misplaced notes or filler, tempered with shrewd and provoking delicacy...a monstrously capable piece of music noir..."
--Marc Tucker, Camera Obscura, 1989

On The Wrong Planet and Music Of The Ancient Future: "...beautifully abstract dialogues, a melt of the most colorful and exciting ideas...All improvised music should be this good."
--Tom Furgas, Option, 1989

credits

released January 1, 2006

Greg Mills: piano, prepared piano, celeste, synthesizer, vibes, violin, melodica, bongos, percussion
Jay Zelenka: flute, wood and bamboo flutes, whistles, animal calls, alto saxophone, kalimba, vibes, prepared piano, percussion


Remix and mastering: Jay Zelenka
Cover photo courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech
Design: Tony Patti
Produced by: Jay Zelenka & Freedonia Music

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Freedonia Music was born in 2006 to promote Creative Improvised Music.
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