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1 | The Halting | 7:57 |
2 | Of a Grind | 6:24 | |
3 | As it Falls | 3:43 | |
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4 | Lower | 7:16 |
5 | As it Spins | 8:07 | |
6 | Faster | 3:43 | |
7 | All the Time | 1:21 | |
8 | The Same | 3:35 |
This set of improvised pieces is made up of Montréalers Raphaël Foisy-Couture (bass), Vicky Mettler (guitar), and Vancouverite Lisa Cay Miller (piano). There's a relaxed atmosphere among the trio, despite seemingly disparate elements that swing and play with a tight cohesion; networked fistulas convey and receive.
Along with their industriousness, this keeps their music light and exploratory, appealingly collectively-minded throughout. Miller only occasionally breaks out into fitful knots of block chords, her and Foisy's slyly executed extended techniques keep flowing a steady variety of sounds, and Mettler's crafty instrumental resourcefulness (as in the prismatic folk of her project Kee Avil) results in a deeply pleasing group improvisation that often feels wonderfully domestic.
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Lisa Cay Miller / piano
Vicky Mettler / guitar
Raphaël Foisy-Couture / upright bass
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Recording and mixing by Zachary Scholes, Montréal QC
Mastered by Branic Howard, Portland OR
openfieldrecording.com
Artwork by Raphaël Foisy-Couture