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Paul Lytton & Nate Wooley + Ikue Mori & Ken Vandermark: The Nows
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Paul Lytton
drumsb.1947
Culled from the duo's performance at The Stone in New York City, the musicians merge sheets of nimble movements, and use space to counter torrential downpours, often amplified by Wooley's raspy-toned attack in conjunction with Lytton's expansive arsenal and fluid pulses. A good deal of the album's polytonal mechanisms stem from the percussionist's armada of small implements, used to contour the perimeters of free-form expressionism, rather uncannily mustering a bigger presence, like a jagged histogram with a surfeit of dips and spikes. On "Automatic," computer sound-shaping denizen

Ikue Mori
electronicsSax ace

Ken Vandermark
saxophoneb.1964
Track Listing
CD1: Free Will, Free Won't ; Abstractions And Replications; Berlyne's Law; CD2 : Men Caught Staring; The Information Bomb; Automatic; Destructive To Our Proper Business; The Ripple Effect.
Personnel
Paul Lytton: percussion; Nate Wooley: trumpet, amplifier; Ikue Mori: computer (CD1#2-3); Ken Vandermark: bass clarinet, clarinet, tenor and baritone saxophones (CD2#3-5)
Album information
Title: The Nows | Year Released: 2012 | Record Label: Clean Feed Records
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