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Speed Queen: Moments Imaginaires
by AAJ Staff
Straddling genres can be a difficult task. It's not difficult to make great music, mind you, but it can be very difficult to find an audience for that music. sq, aka Speed Queen, is an improvising duo. But instead of drawing from clear roots in the jazz or euro scene, the duo uses sound textures more common in noise and electronic bands. Interestingly, sq doesn’t fall into many of those genre traps either. Credit Speed Queens Marc Faris and Joe ...
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