So I curiously re-entered my favorite church basement to find six airtight musicians blasting away with horrible symmetry, squawky sax shards playing against dissonant guitar chords and wonderfully unpredictable rhythmic cells. To put it simply, Zs took me to the nether regions of musical abstraction...
Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down Train 45 Twilight is Falling Uncle Joe Walking in My Sleep Waltz Across Texas Warfare Wayworn Traveler What Would You Give in Exchange? Where the Soul Never Dies Will You Be Satisfied That Way? Will You Be Lonesome Too ...
John tells JamBase, “I try to compose tunes with colors inspired by the disparate styles of music we all love, which we then can collectively explore as a unit and through our individual lenses,” Mailander added. “Part of the sound of this band to me is this unique point where all ...
Zappa originally intended this piece to end with what he liked to call a frenzy, a deliberate chaotic ambience, but all directed. In this case a frenzy by the full orchestra and choir. It involves large clustered chords and erratic melodic lines, sometimes parallel, but mostly as counterpoint ...