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Premonitions

by Stone * Zelenka * Mills

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1.
Cryptic Triptych 1 01:06
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2.
Cryptic Triptych 2 01:25
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3.
Cryptic Triptych 3 01:06
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4.
Stations 1 00:35
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5.
Stations 2 00:45
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Stations 3 00:35
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Stations 4 00:42
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Stations 5 01:01
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9.
Unknowing Is 1 05:15
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10.
Unknowing Is 2 02:53
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11.
Unknowing Is 3 05:33
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12.
Next Age News 05:08
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Suspended Sentence: Rainman's Outta Prism 04:32
14.
Vernacular 04:35
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15.
New Earth Dreams 17:35
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about

Orchestral music for ensemble winds, piano and percussion. Prepared piano duets. Straight ahead trios for piano and saxophones. Twisted haiku for piano, synths, sax mouthpieces and trombone. Saxophone Chorus. Composed improvisations blur the boundaries between preconception and spontaneous execution. Music without firewalls.


"A label that has consistently been releasing electrifying records. Do yourself a favour and check them out. These are serious artists who work outside the disgraceful circles of "officially sanctioned" improvisation, expressing fun, excitement and huge heart.

Improvisation can be an ugly beast, a ho-hum experience, a good way to render an idiot nervous, or the synthesis of everything that's fascinating in a creative process. Premonitions is mostly made of the latter kind of occurrence, and is without a doubt one of the best albums of free music heard in a long time by yours truly. The reason behind this admiration is simple: there's no constriction whatsoever in the playing, yet not for a moment the outcome resembles a disconnected jumble of blast-and-toot clowns, which is usually what happens in similar circumstances. The level of musicianship is incontrovertibly high, and the multiplicity of the creations – expressed via diverse settings and orchestrations – highlights the artists' utter command of the instrumental forces. Mills is a sizzling pianist, able to perform incredible runs maintaining articulated clarity only to leave room to mysteriously resonant shades and zinging shards a minutes later. Zelenka and Stone are predominantly active on reeds but also utilize trombone, percussion and prepared piano; they infuse the interplay with influences between complexly exotic and utterly devastating, tumultuous freedom meets ritual concentration. Synthetic suggestions are delivered with nonchalance and irony, resulting perfectly amalgamated in the overall tissue; if even workstation presets sound intelligent, that should tell something. Get a copy of this pronto."
--Massimo Ricci, Touching Extremes, February 23, 2011

credits

released January 1, 2006

Greg Mills: piano, prepared piano, percussion, inside Steinway baby grand (on New Earth Dreams).
Dave Stone: baritone, tenor, and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet, trombone.
Jay Zelenka: alto saxophone, flute, prepared piano, synthesizer, percussion.



Recording and Mix: Jay Zelenka
Cover art: Tony Patti
Design: Tony Patti
Cover remix: Jay Zelenka
Produced by Jay Zelenka/Freedonia Music

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Freedonia Music St. Louis, Missouri

Freedonia Music was born in 2006 to promote Creative Improvised Music.
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catalog of archival performances and contemporary recordings of New Music from the heart of the heartlands. Music to wake up your ears!

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