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***Congs for Brums is a new full-length album from Ches Smith, drummer and percussionist for Secret Chiefs 3, Treveor Dunn's Trio-Convulsant, Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog, 7 Year Rabbit Cycle and Good For Cows. Over the years Smith has performed under the direction of John Zorn, Pauline Oliveros, and Wadada Leo Smith, worked with Tom Waits, Annie Gosfield, Nels Cline, Fred Frith and Ben Goldberg and collaborated with Mr. Bungle, Carla Bozulich and Xiu Xiu. Smith brings his vast and varied experience to the table on Congs for Brums to create a fully unified collection of dark, lyrical percussion pieces. Concise themes resurface and cycle through various instruments, connecting the drum kit bombast of "Metal Vacation" and "My Last Coke," the obsessive, cellular vibraphone melodies of "The Contra Alto Clarinet In B Flat," and the junk percussion segues of Mental Vacation." Mixed by producer Alex Newport (At The Drive In, The Mars Volta, The Locust, The Melvins), Congs for Brums revels in a subtlty abrasive psychedelia. In the Fall of 2006, Smith will head out on a five week U.S. tour in support of Kill Rock Stars artists Xiu Xiu. 30-second MP3 excerpts: The Clarinet in B flat
My Motherfuckin' Roda!
Metal Vacation
Mental Vacation
Homemade Posi
Homemade Counterpoint
Don't Sweat the Smalls
Man P
My Last Coke
The Contra Alto Clarinet in E flat If you have a recent version of iTunes software on your computer, clicking on the link immediately below should open the iTunes application and take you to that album's iTunes page-- where you can listen to samples and buy this album, or individual tracks: go to iTunes to browse downloads for Ches Smith "CongsFor Brums" If you have a subscription account at emusic.com, you can download tracks for purchase here. This title is also available for download at Amazon MP3. For a complete listing of Midheaven exclusive albums available for download from the iTunes Music service and emusic.com, please visit the Midheaven Mailorder/Revolver USA Downloadables page. |
