Sunwatchers
Sunwatchers
#Hard to pin down, harder to hold onto bent circuit board snake charmers unfurl across hexagonal grids. A seemingly familiar sound, but then you realize you have your ear pressed against a reflection. #Sunwatchers are a distorted prism to so many past greats reminiscent of Ethiopiques, John Handy Band, Terry Riley, Art Ensemble meets Laddio Bolocko. Forever-swirling saxophone blended belly-to-belly with elastic guitar and tinfoil-thin phin (a Thai instrument not unlike an electrified tenor guitar or sitar) a whirlpool of repetitious interpretations militaristic marches ascend into meditations. These songs map out great pyramids and deep, buried labyrinths they are massive, they are leviathans. #The band is comprised of NYC improv heavy hitters# Jim McHugh (guitar, electric phin), Peter Kerlin (bass), Jeff Tobias (alto sax), Cory Bracken (vibes, percussion), Jason Robira (drums)#and sitting in are Dave Harrington (guitar, synth), Ben Greenberg (guitar), Dave Kadden (keyboard), Jonah Rapino (fiddle). Notable previous projects include Dark Meat, Arthur Doyle#s New Quiet Screamers, NYMPH and Chris Forsyth#s Solar Motel Band. Amazing cover painting of Handsome Jimmy Valiant by artist Scott Lenhardt#a strange but somehow sensible match made in heaven. #Dream machinery, just plain far out. Look for traces of this one in your brain jelly afterwards.# #John Dwyer
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