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Time to Cut Loose
Billie Davies
Label: Cobra Basement
Released: 2026
Duration: 00:28:23
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Tracks
Time to Cut Loose; I Am; Why Does it Make Me Cry; Three Days in 1968
Personnel
Billie Davies
drums
Raphaelle O'Neal
vocalsAdditional Personnel / Information
Billie Davies: Piano; Billie Davies: Moises AI for bass & guitar
Album Description
"Time to Cut Loose" by Billie Davies
"Honoring the legacy of radical improvisation while pushing its boundaries, this project fuses raw American avant-garde grit with intellectual European free-jazz experimentation."
The Evolution of "Music for the Future"
Release Date: September 27, 2026
Label: Cobra Basement
Personnel:
Billie Davies: Drums, Piano, Moises AI: Virtual Bass & Guitars, Digital Orchestration, Production
Raphaelle O'Neil: Vocals
Lyrics by Billie Davies
Mike Davies: Audio Engineering (2020 Sessions)
I. The Blueprint Restructured
Creating avant-garde jazz is a grueling four-month marathon of capital, patience, and rigorous organization. Traditionally, Billie Davies hand-picks technical "beasts" through live auditions, leading into months of intense rehearsals. Her signature challenge to her bands has always been radical: "Can you read these notes but not play them?"
After relocating from the fertile musical ecosystem of New Orleans to the sub-tropical beaches of West Palm Beach, Florida, the blueprint shattered. Two years of searching yielded a complete avant-garde void. Faced with geographic isolation at age 70, Davies refused to let the music die. She adapted, pivoting from human collaboration to cutting-edge digital orchestration to bridge the gap.
II. Visual Identity: "What the Sea Does Not Say"
While South Florida lacked an avant-garde community, the Atlantic Ocean provided the ultimate philosophical anchor for this record. The album cover features a painting by Billie’s sister, Belgian artist Kathleen Goegebeur, titled "What the Sea Does Not Say".
"The sea says nothing, and yet I hear her. In her vastness, my significance fades; I become small, vulnerable, and transient. And somewhere within that lies a quiet solace—as if she whispers: 'You need be nothing more than this moment.'"— Kathleen Goegebeur
This visual concept mirrors the artistic surrender required to embrace AI as a collaborative lifeline.
III. Sonic Architecture & Track Breakdown
The foundation of this album is entirely human. The drums, piano, and powerful vocals by Raphaelle O'Neil were tracked in 2020 at Dangerous Art Studios in New Orleans, engineered by Mike Davies. In 2026, Billie utilized Moises AI to audition and direct virtual players, inputting highly specific stylistic directives to match the grit of the original tape.
1. "Time to Cut Loose"
Guitar: Acoustic framework with sporadic, intricate atonal leads and complex dissonant chords.
Bass: Bright, resonant upright bass channeling a dark noir jazz aesthetic. Shifts from a sparse, plucky pizzicato walk to tense, free improvisation.
2. "I Am"
Bass: Bright modern jazz upright bass characterized by sparse, sharp pizzicato walks in the high register, evolving continuously into atonal free improvisation.
3. "Why Does it Make Me Cry"
Guitar: Electric avant-garde performance featuring intricate atonal leads and abstract textural improvisation.
Bass: Fretless electric bass that is inherently atonal, dissonant, and abstract.
4. "Three Days in 1968"
Guitar: Acoustic lead defined by dissonant, complex textures and uncompromising abstraction.
Bass: Wobbly fretless electric bass playing in the high register with intricate, sporadic phrasing.
About Billie Davies
Billie Davies is an award-winning, visionary force pushing the frontiers of free improvisation:
Iconic Female Jazz Drummer – Jazz Fuel (2022)
Best Drummer Nominee – New Orleans Best of the Beat Awards (2019)
Best Contemporary Jazz Artist Nominee – New Orleans Best of the Beat Awards (2017)
Jazz Artist of the Year – 23rd Annual Los Angeles Music Awards (2013)
Album Details & Links
Album Title: Time to Cut Loose
Release Date: September 27, 2026
Billie Davies, drums, piano & Moises ai for bass & guitar
Featuring Raphaelle O’Neil, vocals
Lyrics by Billie Davies ©2017-2020
Mixing & Mastering @ Moises AI by Billie Davies ©2026
Production by Cobra Basement ©2026
Piano, drums and vocals recorded by Mike Davies ©2020
Record Label: Cobra Basement
Album Artwork: What the Sea Does Not Say by Kathleen Goegebeur
Artist Website: Explore the thought-provoking abstract art of Kathleen Goegebeur at https://kathleengoegebeur.blogspot.com
Streaming & Social Media Handles
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Media Contact & Review Requests
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Email: Billie Davies
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