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01. Roam The Hello Clouds - Phases
02. Roam The Hello Clouds - Geoff As The Hulk
03. Roam The Hello Clouds - Pretender's Hand
04. Roam The Hello Clouds - Death And Possible Dreams
05. Roam The Hello Clouds - Sprinter
06. Roam The Hello Clouds - Supply
07. Roam The Hello Clouds - A Life Of Near Misses
08. Roam The Hello Clouds - Twenties In The Eighties
09. Roam The Hello Clouds - Uniform 64
10. Roam The Hello Clouds - This Mountain
ARTIST
TITLE
Near Misses
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
SCAPE 045CD SCAPE 045CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
8/21/2007

This is the debut recording by Australia's Roam The Hello Clouds, a group made up of members Laurence Pike (of Triosk), Dave Miller and Phil Slater. Near Misses is a rare combination that will make many lovers of jazz and/or electronic music delirious. At a glance, some might mistakenly classify it as jazz/electronica mainly due to Slater's soaring trumpet (reminiscent of Miles Davis circa Bitches Brew) in combination with Miller's subtle electronics and Pike's untethered drumming. The musicians used chance and error as their modus operandi, inviting the unknown and then manipulating it into something cool and free, from abstract to electronic. In October 2003, Sydney-based drummer Laurence Pike was paired up with Perth laptop artist Dave Miller in a musical blind date for a performance at the Sydney Opera House. It turned out to be the meeting of kindred spirits. Pike called upon trumpeter Phil Slater to complete what he thought would be an ideal musical partnership for a one-off collaboration. And he was right -- about the partnership, but fortunately not about it being a one-off thing. The following year, a second performance was scheduled, and with only two gigs under their belts, the band set about trying to capture the intuitive nature of their exciting live performances in a studio situation. The result is this album of unrehearsed group improvisation recorded in a single day. What you hear is a live band; playing and processing and recording in takes, much the way they used to do in the '60s. Even Dave Miller's sound sources came almost exclusively from live on-the-fly sampling from the band's previous gigs. They fuse together with a breathtaking musical rapport, yet always retain their individual characteristics.