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01. 75 DOLLAR BILL - Earth Saw
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02. 75 DOLLAR BILL - Beni Said
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03. 75 DOLLAR BILL - Cummins Falls
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04. 75 DOLLAR BILL - I'm Not Trying To Wake Up
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ARTIST
75 DOLLAR BILL
TITLE
Wood/Metal/Plastic/Pattern/Rhythm/Rock
FORMAT
Cassette
LABEL
THIN WRIST
CATALOG #
TW J CS
TW J CS
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
7/29/2016
sold out; Cassette version.
75 Dollar Bill
, a project by
Che Chen
and
Rick Brown
present
Wood/Metal/Plastic/Pattern/Rhythm/Rock
. "Che's interest in the Arabic modes of Mauritanian music has marked our sound quite a bit but I have brought some things, too. The plywood crate I play is a big factor, defining, by its positive qualities (a nice warm 'boom' sound) as well as by its simplicity, what we're likely to do in the percussion realm.
Wood/Metal/Plastic/Pattern/Rhythm/Rock
, this new record, differs quite a bit from the previous one, notably in the rhythmic 'tone.'
Wooden Bag
(2015) was all forward momentum, stomping and shaking, but the new record explores a long-standing interest of mine: odd and 'compound' meters. In most of my previous musical activities, I've convinced my partners to delve into this, but in 75 Dollar Bill it has just felt natural and I believe Che's modal investigations and melodic/harmonic tendencies enhance (and are enhanced by) this combination. The current record differs from the last in another big way: reinforcements! Over our few years together, Che and I have frequently had friends play with us at some of our gigs. There have been all sorts of permutations of instruments and some great friends/players who don't all appear on this record but here we are lucky to have a bunch of them:
Cheryl Kingan
(of
The Scene Is Now
) on baritone and alto saxes,
Andrew Lafkas
(of
Todd Capp
's
Mystery Train
) on contrabass,
Karen Waltuch
(of
Zeke & Karen
) on viola,
Rolyn Hu
(of
True Primes
) on trumpet and
Carey Balch
(of Knoxville's
Give Thanks
) on floor tom. Please enjoy
Wood/Metal/Plastic/Pattern/Rhythm/Rock
. 'Earth' saw is one of our earliest tunes and, I think, the first result of this 'compound meter' approach. It's a slow 9 beat phrase Che came up with for this odd groove. 'Beni Said' has no fixed rhythmic cycle but a roughly unison melodic phrase and a pulsing, loose feeling of 3s and 4s played using a box full of bottle caps. 'Cummins Falls' features Carey Balch on
Diddley
-beat floor tom and me reprising the maracas. 'I'm Not Trying To Wake Up' is another of our compound meter songs, this one using an 18 beat scheme." - Rick Brown
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