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Reflections, Vol. 1
My first release of improvised duets, named after a line in a review of a Metal Machine Trio show.
The record
Reflections, Vol. 1 (A Noise Akin to a Flight of Deranged Swallows in Combat) is my first release of improvised duets, and the 4th piece is a trio, which breaks the rule. It came out in November 2015.
The absurdly long name
The name came from my friend Scott Hampton, also known as Exaltron, who took it from a review of one of my Metal Machine Trio performances. I love it, and I loved the idea of having a band with an absurdly long name.
The reviewer was describing what I was doing with a Continuum. Exaltron is featured on the last track, playing trumpet, guitar, guitar-bass, and live looping madness.
Softly Questioning
The third track is called Softly Questioning. Its main melody is the one used in the film Poughkeepsie, written and directed by Joe Kelly.
It is one of my favorite tracks from the record. It was improvised and recorded in one take, with no editing. A duet with continuum fingerboard and Lou Petto on drums.
The creditSarth Calhoun, Continuum Fingerboard, on Reflections, Vol. 1 (A Noise Akin to a Flight of Deranged Swallows in Combat), released November 2015. Duets with Lou Petto, drums, on “Softly Questioning,” and with Exaltron, trumpet, guitar, guitar-bass and live looping, on the last track.
From my posts on the record, November 29, 2015 and November 20, 2020.