Cedars is a document of a live performance in May of this year in Dallas, Texas in the “listening room” of Full City Roosters. It is a remarkable collaboration between AF Jones and Derek Rogers, both significant players independently in the US experimental electronic music scene. Remarkable, as these artists work from very different places on several levels including the musical equipment itself but also in the result of the performance, not only overcoming so many of the pitfalls and clichés this scenario usually begets for so many musicians but transcending both the artists’ independent sensibilities into a truly attention-grabbing experience. This purely improvised continuous set generated a magical result of unfolding textures, mystifying sounds and radiant atmospheres with Derek working the foreground with melodic and rhythmic elements and Jones executing in nearly microscopic detail throughout. It must be added that documents of live performances rarely capture the moment of being present but Jones, who mastered this document and who is the number one “go to” by many others for mastering their work, was able to bring the room to life as much as possible for this release.
Cedars is a document of a live performance in May of this year in Dallas, Texas in the “listening room” of Full City Roosters. It is a remarkable collaboration between AF Jones and Derek Rogers, both significant players independently in the US experimental electronic music scene. Remarkable, as these artists work from very different places on several levels including the musical equipment itself but also in the result of the performance, not only overcoming so many of the pitfalls and clichés this scenario usually begets for so many musicians but transcending both the artists’ independent sensibilities into a truly attention-grabbing experience
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