Fabric, the third CD release from Micro-East Collective, is partially represented by a list of participating musicians, compositions,improvisations, collaborations, recording dates, technical and artistic support - data, in short.
The following is such a list and is always an incomplete view of everything that went into "Fabric."
Aaron Oliva, double bass, electric bass
Amy Wilkinson, clarinet
Carrie Shull, oboe@
Chris Eubank, cello@
Chris Stamey, lights!
Christopher Thurston, double bass+
Chuck Johnson, guitar, banjo@
Corey Sims, trumpet, alto horn, accordion
Crowmeat Bob, alto sax, bass clarinet, trombone#
D'Arcy Grae, bassoon+
David Jordan, clarinet, slide whistle, suona
David Morris, tuba#
Eric Furfine, flugelhorn
Frank Gratkowski, alto sax+
Greg Decker, baritone, tenor sax
Ian Davis, percussion*
Jason Bivins, guitar+
Jeff Brown, tenor, alto, soprano sax
Kim Ashley, violin
Mac McCaughan, analog synthesizer*
Mark Simonsen, vibraphone, xylophone, percussion*
Martha Bausch, flute, pennywhistle
Nathan Logan, percussion+
Patty Painter-Wakefield, French horn#
Rich Robeson, guitar
Walker Martin, guitar$
William McConaghy, trombone, trumpet, cornet, slide trumpet#
Micro-East Collective "Fabric" is 55:06 on fifteen tracks performed by as few as three and as many as twenty musicians. The key to these performances lies below:
@ perform as a trio on tracks 2, 6. & 10
# perform as a quartet on tracks 4 & 9
* perform as a trio on tracks 7 & 13; Mac performs only on these tracks
+ join the Collective on track 15; Aaron, Eric, Mac, Patty, & Walker do not perform on this track
$ performs on tracks 1, 3, 5, 8, 11, 12, 14, & 15
! conducted and arranged tracks 1 & 12
Special thanks to Frank Gratkowski for permission to reproduce his performance on "Magnetic Hive Transmissions."
A collective thanks to Bill Ellsworth, Jim Lee, John Cotter, Eliza Bulla, Craig Zearfoss, Frank Heath, Tim Harper, Joe Vanderford, Karen Mann, Ross Grady, Scott Rosenberg, Morgan Guberman, Matt Ingalls, John Berndt, AIM, Walter Davis, and (above all) Julia, Dana, and Chris Stamey.
Compositions and Improvisations
1 Eppy (00:05)
2 ...but thou didst not leave (01:31)
3 Fabric (04:29)
4 Did you drop something? (02:05)
5 Oxygen Debt (03:24)
6 Sunken (01:33)
7 He was despised (00:50)
8 Gather & Cast (09:52)
9 Surely he hath borne our grief (01:38)
10 Interlope (02:13)
11 Untoward (07:44)
12 Adrenaline (01:58)
13 Mumble-the-peg (02:13)
14 Plain of Jars (02:09)
15 Magnetic Hive Transmissions (13:19)
Tracks 1, 3, 5, 8, 11, 12, & 14 recorded 02052000 by Chris Stamey and Tim Harper at Swain Hall (Chapel Hill, NC)
Tracks 7 & 13 recorded 07162000; tracks 2, 6, & 10 recorded 07232000; tracks 4 & 9 recorded 07272000; all by Chris Stamey at Modern Recording (Chapel Hill, NC)
Track 15 recorded 11292000 by Ian Davis at the Cat's Cradle (Carrboro, NC)
Mixed, sequenced, & mastered by Chris Stamey at Modern Recording (Chapel Hill, NC)
Produced by Chris Stamey and Ian Davis
All compositions BMI
Cover art and design by Bill Ellsworth (http://billellsworth.com)
Tracks 1, 12, & 14 c2000 Micro-East Collective; tracks 2, 7, & 9 c2000 C. Shull, C. Eubank, C. Johnson; track 3 c1999 C. Sims; track 4 c2000 D. Morris, P. Painter-Wakefield, R. Pence, W. McConaghy; track 5 c1999 R. Robeson; track 6 & 13 c2000 I. Davis, M. McCaughan, M. Simonsen; track 8 c1998, 1999 I. Davis; track 10 & 15 c2000 R. Pence; track 11 c1999 W. Martin
A short note on why this project is so much fun!
A great thing about a large group is that there are so many small groups - and so many permutations - nestled within. Micro-East Collective has always represented both during performances. "Fabric" is a collection of small and large group improvisations and compositions written and performed by the Collective membership. Another fine aspect of a large group is that nothing sounds like a large group. The sound cannot be imitated by small groups or overdubs. For one thing, the physical space occupied by a large group creates an image that is far wider, far deeper, far higher and lower, more timbres per cubic image foot, than small groups can ever achieve. It is the "solo" voice - in a whisper or a roar - of this immense and complicated creature that makes a large group worth puzzling together and sustaining. - Ian Davis 12/23/2000
Photos c2000 Aaron Oliva
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