Results for "Alien Skin"

Chad Fowler: Alien Skin

by John Sharpe
January 8, 2023

Although the group responsible for Alien Skin might be a one-off, unlikely to meet again in this exact configuration, it contains sufficient prior connections to vouchsafe cohesion, to go with the undoubted quality. Bassist William Parker furnishes the common denominator, having previously recorded with all of the participants, even relative newcomer, reed player Zoh Amba, while ...

Alien Skin

Label: Mahakala Music
Released: 2022
Track listing: Alien Skin; Broken Language; In Pairs; Occupation Day; Sentient Sentiment.

Chad Fowler: Alien Skin

by Mike Jurkovic
November 20, 2022

Just from the paperwork alone, it was duly expected that Alien Skin would be unruly, raw, and cathartic. That is just the nature of the beast. That is just the way the big man planned it. But even with all that said, no one (including the players) saw Alien Skin coming down the runway.

Chad Fowler: Alien Skin

by Mark Corroto
November 9, 2022

Freely improvised music, saxophonist Paul Flaherty dubbed it “the hated music." Experiencing Alien Skin brings to mind another quote, this one from a shampoo commercial from the late 1980s: “Don't hate me because I'm beautiful." A beautiful alchemy is this session captured in the fall of 2021. It contains a three-horn front line of Chad Fowler, ...