SML Small Medium Large (Indie Store Exclusive
2024 limited edition 13-track LP pressed on 140-gram
Sedimentary Orange Marbled
Vinyl. The debut album from the quintet of
bassist Anna Butterss, synthesist Jeremiah Chiu, saxophonist
Josh Johnson, percussionist Booker Stardrum, and guitarist
Gregory Uhlmann. Bubbling, multiform proto-trance nuggets
fashioned from four nights of live group improv at a bygone
bastion of the new West Coast sound. Engineered and
recorded in stereo direct to Nagra by Bryce Gonzales at ETA,
Los Angeles, CA. on October 12-13 2022 and April 8-9 2023.
Picture sleeve with orange obi strip. Recommended).
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SML Small Medium Large - Sedimentary Orange Vinyl US vinyl LP album (LP record)
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| Tracklisting / Additional Info: |
SML is a new quintet composed of luminaries from Los Angeles’s thriving jazz, improvised, and indie music scenes: bassist Anna Butterss (Jason Isbell, Phoebe Bridgers, Makaya McCraven, Daniel Villarreal), synthesist Jeremiah Chiu (Ariel Kalma, Marta Sofia Honer, Icy Demons), saxophonist Josh Johnson (Meshell Ndegeocello, Leon Bridges, Carlos Niño), percussionist Booker Stardrum (Amirtha Kidambi, Lisel, Lee Ranaldo, Patrick Shiroishi) and guitarist Gregory Uhlmann (Sam Wilkes, Meg Duffy, Perfume Genius).
Small Medium Large was engineered and recorded in stereo direct to Nagra by Bryce Gonzales and compiled, arranged, and edited with additional production, recording, and studio composition by SML across their various home studios.
ETA — which closed its doors at the end of 2023 — is perhaps best known outside of LA for Jeff Parker's 2022 album Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy. The Highland Park venue was the perfect location for the start of SML, especially given that both bassist Anna Butterss and saxophonist Josh Johnson are part of Parker's quartet that held down a regular gig at ETA since the venue's early days, as documented on Parker's album.
While editing, chopping, and rearranging stereo mixed improvisations is hardly a new idea (Makaya McCraven's output on International Anthem serves as a potent modern example), Small Medium Large reflects a stunning expansion of the Teo Macero / Miles Davis editing concept explored on classics like In a Silent Way, On The Corner, and Get Up With It. Stylistically though, these recordings have more in common with the proto-trance repetitions of Harmonia, and with Holgar Czukay's re-assembly technique used in his work with Can. Throw in a supremely intuitive utilization of polyrhythmic floating patterns (a la Susumu Yokota), and the result is a truly innovative take on time-clocked electronic rhythms augmented with live instrumentation that never loses an elusive human sway.
Side A
1. Rubber Tree Dance
2. Industry
3. Herbie for Commercials
4. Search Bar Hi Hat
5. Window Sill Song
6. Switchboard Operations
7. Soft Sand
Side B
8. Three Over Steel
9. Chasing Brain
10. History of Communication
11. Feed The Birds
12. Greg's Melody
13. Dolphin Language
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| Condition : |
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In Stock - Buy Now for shipping on Thursday 26th December
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| Year of Release: |
2024 |
| Artist: |
SML (click here for complete listing) |
| Title: |
Small Medium Large (click here for more of the same title) |
| Price: |
£ 29.99, US$ 37.49
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| Format: |
vinyl LP album (LP record) |
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| Record Label: |
International Anthem Rec Co |
| Catalogue No: |
IARC0085 |
| Country of Origin: |
USA
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| Language: |
Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. |
| EIL.COM Ref No |
7N2LPSM839900 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item) |
| Barcode : |
789993994373 |
| Genres: |
Electronica, Jazz
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SML |
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| Alternative Names: |
None |
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2024 limited edition 13-track LP pressed on 140-gram
<B><FONT COLOR ="#FF9633">Sedimentary Orange Marbled
Vinyl</B></FONT>. The debut album from the quintet of
bassist Anna Butterss, synthesist Jeremiah Chiu, saxophonist
Josh Johnson, percussionist Booker Stardrum, and guitarist
Gregory Uhlmann. Bubbling, multiform proto-trance nuggets
fashioned from four nights of live group improv at a bygone
bastion of the new West Coast sound. Engineered and
recorded in stereo direct to Nagra by Bryce Gonzales at ETA,
Los Angeles, CA. on October 12-13 2022 and April 8-9 2023.
Picture sleeve with orange obi strip. Recommended) )
