Ches Smith

Cardboard Gatefold digipack cd

A stunning album that effortlessly blends styles from jazz, electronics, minimalism and contemporary forms, rendered by an eclectic group of primarily NY artists including Nate Wooley, Jennifer Choi, James Brandin Lews, Oscar Noriega, Anna Webber, Shahzad Ismaily and Smith himself, in an exhilarating and well-balanced set of Smith compositions that inform and groove spectacularly!

PERSONNEL:

Shara Lunon - (voice, vocal processing)
Anna Webber - (flute)
Oscar Noriega - (clarinets)
James Brandon Lewis - (tenor saxophone)
Nate Wooley - (trumpet)
Jennifer Choi - (violin)
Kyle Armbrust - (viola)
Michael Nicolas - (cello)
Shahzad Ismaily - (bass, keyboards)
Ches Smith - (electronics, programming, vibes, drums, tubular bells, glockenspiel, timpani, tam tam, metal percussion)

Recorded at The Bunker Studio, in Brooklyn, New York, in April, 2023

TRACKS:

01. Minimalism
02. Remote Convivial
03. Sweatered Webs (Hey Mom)
04. Shaken, Stirred Silence
05. The Most Fucked
06. Winter Sprung
07. Disco Inferred
08. Unyielding Daydream Welding
09. Exit Shivers