Wives, by Drumheller

Wives

by Drumheller

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1.	Drip Drop March 03:23	buy track
2.	Acrobat 02:33	buy track
3.	Underside of a Table 04:54	buy track
4.	Skullsplitter 06:40	buy track
5.	Porch 05:14	buy track
6.	C.T. 05:53	buy track
7.	Sketch #7 05:10	buy track
8.	However Wildly We Dream 05:27	buy track
9.	Couch 05:41	buy track
10.	Mr. Spleen 04:54	buy track
11.	Calypso 04:59	buy track
12.	Sketch #5 04:22	buy track
13.	Driver Down 06:06	buy track
14.	Blues for a Bright Day 03:15	buy track

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From the well-oiled opening of the first track, Drip Drop March to the symmetrical ascending lines of Couch, to the crunchy, cool Underside of a Table to the romantic rustling of Skullsplitter, to the off-kilter Acrobat and big-swinging Sketches 5 and 7 -- this album unfolds in all directions at once. The comfortable fit between the boozy swoon of Doug Tielli’s trombone lines, the relaxed ornaments of Brodie West’s alto saxophone, the gentlemanly love of Nick Fraser’s drumming, the swagger of Eric Chenaux’s twisted electric guitar and the deft backbone of Rob Clutton’s double bass makes Wives simmer with a gratifying mix of space and closeness, inventiveness and sensuality.

Blues for a Bright Day closes the album and indicates (in transparent, diffuse layers aching to resolve) the sophisticated dovetailing of melodies and experiment played here by Drumheller.

credits

released January 10, 2007

Nick Fraser drums
Eric Chenaux guitar
Doug Tielli trombone, piano
Brodie West alto saxophone
Rob Clutton double bass

Recorded by Jeff McMurrich at Halla Music, Toronto
Mastered by Harris Newman
Cover drawing by Doug Tielli
Design by Lewis Nicholson

Drumheller gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council of the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council.

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Nick Fraser Toronto, Ontario

Nick Fraser has been a drummer and composer in the Toronto new jazz and improvised music community for over twenty years. His quartet features saxophonist Tony Malaby, Andrew Downing and Rob Clutton. For ten years, he co-led the group Drumheller. Other projects that occupy him regularly are Peripheral Vision, Eucalyptus, Ugly Beauties and the Lina Allemano Four. ... more