Smith, Ches - Laugh Ash CD
SKU
28-PYOC31.2
Shara Lunon - voice and vocal processing
Anna Webber - flute
Oscar Noriega - clarinets
James Brandon Lewis - tenor saxophone
Nate Wooley - trumpet
Jennifer Choi - violin
Kyle Armbrust - viola
Michael Nicolas - cello
Shahzad Ismaily - bass and keyboards
Ches Smith - electronics, programming, vibes, drums, tubular bells, glockenspiel, timpani, tam tam, metal percussion
“California-born, New York-based drummer, percussionist and composer Ches Smith has been hailed by The New York Times as “one of the wiliest drummers on the experimental scene.”
Laugh Ash features a brilliant ensemble, & the album makes thrilling use of disorientation and juxtaposition: starkly beautiful chamber melodies coexist with synthetic rhythms, explosive bursts of improvisation with elusive song forms, austere ambience with thundering complexity. Eclectic, undoubtedly, but in a paradoxical way that is defiantly cohesive while never losing sight of the fact that none of it should be.”
- LabelPyroclastic
- UPC020286243618