Tigersmilk

Trio of cornet player and electronicst Rob Mazurek (Chicago Underground, Isotope 217, Orton Socket), bassist Jason Roebke (Fred Lonberg-Holm Trio, Terminal 4) and percussionist Dylan van der Schyff. A floral meshing of the senses, these two Chicagoans clear the room to unravel all forms of rubbery trails and sonic smears in order to go up against the Canadian percussionist and his clattering of metals and drumheads. A sorta nightmarish hard-bop group for post-traditionalists, the abstraction contained here is not without its solid nods to standard playing and history. The secret vibrations in these nine group improvisations recall the best work by these three, each adding minute details and signature torques of nuance.

"Tigersmilk is not averse to melody, and are willing to let it run deep; Roebke's arco excursions twist through canyons of dubby echo with the implacable gravity of a river cutting a stream bed, and he and Mazurek pass a pensive tune like cross-country relay runners over shifting surfaces of rushing percussion." -- Bill Meyer, Signal to Noise

Released February 4, 2003