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Voices of Grain

Label: New Atlantis Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Genosong; Written In The Body; Counter Memory; Towards Jouissance; Message Without A Code; Post-Repeating; Silence On Its Road.

Album

Voice of Grain

Label: New Atlantis Records
Released: 2014

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Article: Album Review

TOTEM>: Voices of Grain

Read "Voices of Grain" reviewed by Budd Kopman


For those that have heard TOTEM>'s Solar Forge, Voices of Grain will be familiar territory as guitarist Bruce Eisenbeil, bassist Tom Blancarte, and drummer Andrew Drury deepen and extend their intensity and group empathy while expanding their range of expression. While Solar Forge is white hot through and through, Voices of Grain has pacing ...

Album

Voices of Grain

Label: New Atlantis Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Genosong; Written in the Body; Counter Memory; Towards Jouissance; Message Without a Code; Post-Repeating; Silence On Its Road.

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TOTEM>: Voices of Grain

Read "Voices of Grain" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


The trio returns with a vengeance on its second album, where they delve into a boundary-less avant-garde foray, proffering an extension of sorts, to Solar Forge (ESP, 2008). And the musicians hop right into the thick of things on the opener “Genosong," where electric guitarist Bruce Eisenbeil saws, slices, and seemingly hacks his way through a ...

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TOTEM>: Voices of Grain

Read "Voices of Grain" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


It took five years for the New York-based trio ">TOTEM> to release its sophomore album (after Solar Forge ESP, 2008) but the waiting paid off. This leaderless trio--comprised of guitarist Bruce Eisenbeil, double bassist Tom Blancarte and drummer Andrew Drury--is more than the sum of its parts and stronger than ever. The ...

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Totem>: Solar Forge

Read "Solar Forge" reviewed by John Sharpe


The significance of the “>“ sign in the group's name is unclear, but if it was taken to suggest that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts then few would argue. With components like Brooklyn-based guitarist Bruce Eisenbeil, bassist Tom Blancarte and drummer Andrew Drury, the result is certain to bear scant resemblance ...

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Totem>: Solar Forge

Read "Solar Forge" reviewed by Budd Kopman


There is an observation, which seconds as an insider joke, about free jazz and the loft scene in the sixties: “There is no such thing as a bad session. Why? Because you cannot tell...." The implication here is, given that jazz is what the players say it is and that if there are no principles on ...

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Totem>: Solar Forge

Read "Solar Forge" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


This is by no means an ordinary trio. Totem> is comprised of guitarist Bruce Eisenbeil, bassist Tom Blancarte and drummer Andrew Drury, all three coming from the forward thinking, left-of-center scene of New York improvisers. But it's not only their sense of risk-taking and openness that differentiates Totem> from other trios, but their ability to formulate ...


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