The Gate - Destruction of Darkness
Moving fluidly between freely improvised music and composition, the sound of The Gate is dark, deep and full of events, twists and turns. Dan Peck (tuba, composition), Tom Blancarte (upright bass), and Brian Osborne (percussion), based in New York, fill the gap between hardcore free jazz and doom metal a la Sunn O ))). Ultra-low tuba and bass lines, combined with punishing percussion and layers of viscous noise, create a suffocating and unrelenting texture of doom.
This second release is a long-form composition in three secions, inspired by music of the doom metal genre as well as the music of Hungarian composer György Kurtág. The themes of death, transcendence through violence, and the supernatural are explored in this work, as through the prose stylings of Cormac McCarthy and H.P. Lovecraft.
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The Gate - Vomit Dreams
New York-based trio The Gate are Dan Peck (tuba, composition), Tom Blancarte (upright bass), and Brian Osborne (percussion). Moving fluidly between freely impro..(read more)
Label: Heat Retention
Artist: The Gate
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Dark Ambient, Death Metal, Improvisation, Tuba.

John Corbett - A Listener’s Guide to Free Improvisation
Improvisation rattles some listeners. Maybe they’re even suspicious of it. John Coltrane’s saxophonic flights of fancy, Jimi Hendrix’s feedback drenched g..(read more)
Publisher: University of Chicago Press / ISBN: 9780226353807
Author: John Corbett
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Free Jazz, Improvisation, Music Theory.

Helmut Lemke & Andreas Mueller - Monophobie der Pelikane
Great stuff! Uncategorisable! Free jazz blowing, harp abusement, Beefheartian blues with a lot of tongues in cheeks, tape & noise madness, and still managin..(read more)
Label: el capitaino edition, elc. / 12002
Artist: Helmut Lemke & Andreas Mueller
Medium: CD
Category: Records & Tapes.
Tags: Avant-Garde, Improvisation.
