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"Algernon is an instrumental 'post-rock' outfit from Chicago, led by guitarist Dave Miller. They join the direct energy of indie rock with the compositional prowess of 'modern music' and the adventurousness of psychedelic rock. Using the distinctive sonic palette of twin guitars, vibes, bass and drums, they fuse atmosphere and composition. Their individualistic sound engulfs the listener in a world of its own making. They draw inspiration from post-rock, experimental '60s psychedelic rock, Krautrock and no-wave. With the musicians' combined experience in genres from jazz to hard rock, from punk to classical, the band is well equipped to deliver on their promise. Recommended if you like: Tortoise, Jaga Jazzist, Can, electric Miles Davis, Neu! Eno, Isotope 217, Glenn Branca."
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"In 2003, trombonist and composer Brett Sroka began exploring beyond his jazz background and became fascinated with electronic music, surrounding himself with synthesizers and software. As he sought to reconcile the six hundred years of technology between trombone and computer he also found, in Carl Maguire and Shawn Baltazor, musicians of similarly elastic and adventurous temperaments. As they played throughout New York City and the Northeast US over the next few years an idiosyncratic dynamic began to cohere and Ergo was born. Ergo's music is fresh and different -- jazz musicians exploring the boundaries of electronic music -- and one of stark melodic beauty, enveloping electro-acoustic texture and empathic imagination. It has been compared to music as diverse as Duke Ellington, Autechre, Sigur Ros, Sun Ra, and King Crimson."
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"During their original lifetime, The Microscopic Septet was widely recognized as 'New York's Most Famous Unknown Band.' Originally active from 1980-1992, the group started with a basic reeds-and-rhythm texture that was sonically similar to the sound of the Swing Era, but used influences from the entire continuum of jazz. The result was a brilliant blend of fresh-sounding orchestration, ideas and inspired soloing. Along with Don Byron, Wayne Horvitz and former band-member John Zorn, The 'Micros' were one of the most celebrated of the many cutting-edge units associated with experimental music's best-known venue, the Knitting Factory, during the peak years of the 'Downtown' music movement in the late '80s and early '90s. In 2006, Cuneiform Records reissued their four albums in two double-CD packages and these albums met with great acclaim and terrific sales and airplay. The Micros reunited to play a few shows to celebrate their release and had such a good fun that they decided to make it 'an occasional regular thing.' So, they are back with their first album in 20 years! Their sound is the sound of jazz in America; all of it, from Ayler to Zorn, bebop to Basie, Ellington to Thelonious."
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