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Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic

Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic began in 1980 as a side project by half of Boston's now legendary Mission Of Burma, Roger Miller and Martin Swope. Miller and Swope joined forces with Rick Scott and Erik Lindgren for what was originally conceived as a recording project only. In 1983, they released a self-titled EP, Birdsongs Of The Mesozoic. With the demise of Mission Of Burma at about the same time as the EP's release, Birdongs Of The Mesozoic became a full-time band for all members. In 1984 they released another LP, Magnetic Flip, and began extensive touring to support its release

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Ken Field

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Ken Field is a saxophonist, flautist, percussionist, and composer. Since 1988 he has been a member of the internationally acclaimed electrified modern music ensemble Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, with whom he has recorded eight CDs. Field leads the {{m: Revolutionary Snake Ensemble = 16874}}, a experimental and improvisational brass band, and performs with the community-based Second Line Social Aid & Pleasure Society Brass Band. Since 2015 he has annually led a pick-up band of unafiliated musicians at the HONK!Oz Festival in Wollongong, NSW, Australia. His solo releases document his work for layered saxophones and his soundtracks for dance and film

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Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Triassic Tour

Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Triassic Tour

From July 24 - 30, Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, featuring founding member Roger Miller (of Mission of Burma), will be playing five East Coast shows in support of the recent 2-CD release Dawn of the Cycads on Cuneiform Records. This package contains their complete recordings plus unreleased material for the Boston-based Ace of Hearts Records (Mission ...

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Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Triassic Tour 2009

Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Triassic Tour 2009

From July 24 - 30, Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, featuring founding member Roger Miller (of Mission of Burma), will be playing five East Coast shows in support of the recent 2-CD release Dawn of the Cycads on Cuneiform Records. This package contains their complete recordings plus unreleased material for the Boston-based Ace of Hearts Records (Mission ...

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Birdsongs of the Mesozoic: Dawn of the Cycads: The Complete Ace of Heart's Recordings (1983-1987)

Read "Dawn of the Cycads: The Complete Ace of Heart's Recordings (1983-1987)" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Nel 1980 due componenti del noto gruppo rock americano Mission of Burma decisero di iniziare un side-project nsul versante del rock progressivo e sperimentale. Erano il tastierista Roger Miller e il chitarrista Martin Swope. Con loro si misero all'opera altri due tastieristi: Rick Scott ed Erik Lindgren. I quattro giovani musicisti iniziarono a suonare con questa ...

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Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2008
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The Iridium Controversy

Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: Primordial Sludge; The Iridum Controversy: Before; The Iridium Controversy: After; Make the Camera Dance; This Way Out; Lost in the B-Zone; Tectonic Melange; Sherpas on Parade; 100 Years of Excellent; Race Point; Centrifuge; The Beat of the Mesozoic, Part 1.

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Birdsongs of the Mesozoic: The Iridium Controversy

Read "The Iridium Controversy" reviewed by AAJ Staff


A professed “aural pangaea," the latest effort by Boston's Birdsongs of the Mesozoic certainly conjoins more than its share of musical continents. The quartet features personnel first documented on 1995's Dancing on A'A, plus five additional guests who mostly round out the percussion department. Notably present is ex-Mission of Burma icon Roger Miller (piano on two ...

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Dancing on A'A

Label: Cuneiform Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: A Band of Deborahs (not Debbies); Dancing on A'A; Ptinct; Readymen; Birdgam; Electric Altamira; Swamp; Peter Gunn; Ray; Sirius the Scorching; The Pearly Eyed March.


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