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previous artist: stefano pilia		there are 2 titles featuring pillow in stock. they are listed below.		next artist: pilotram ensemble

$17.43

back in stock as of
november 28th, 2008

first in stock on
october 15th, 2007

threads:
free-improvisation
modern-composition
modern-psych

bottrop-boy (germany) #b-boy 024 cd

pillow “plays brötzmann” compact disc

images 01 (5:32)
images 02 (6:35)
images 03 (3:42)
images 04 (5:42)
images 05 (2:37)
images 06 (4:22)
images 07 (6:29)
images 08 (4:06)
images 09 (3:33)
images 10 (0:59)
images 11 (8:29)

bottrop-boy press release...

pillow
plays brötzmann
cd / b-boy 024

how to improvise on an existing work of improvisation? american outfit pillow took the plunge by carefully placing european free jazz legend peter brötzmann’s group improvisation piece images on the rack. don’t expect any tortured notes or twisted chords, though, as pillow respectfully and patiently square up to brötzmann’s music. written especially for his tentet and released on okkadisk, images is one of brötzmann’s most meditative collective works of improvisation. tentet member and cellist fred lonberg holm took up the challenge and together with his pillow quartet breathed new live into the composition, and a completely new piece of music is born.

the reflective mood of brötzmann’s original is admiringly kept intact in pillow’s interpretation, considering that it’s constructed in eleven parts. apart from lonberg holm, pillow is: liz payne (bass, viola and percussion), michael colligan (tubes and dry ice) and ben vida (trumpet and guitar) from minimalist post-rock band town and country. the quartet strives for tight harmony in the tradition of classic sixties improv groups like amm and mev. the totality of sound is paramount and individual proclivities and the virtuoso solo performances are wisely avoided.

plays brötzmann reveals a quartet in full flow; predominantly calm, trance-inducing improvisations will occasionally veer off at unexpected angles, but they rarely loosen their grip on the listener. in this twilight world, the music levitates between modern classical, free improv and melancholic post-rock. impressively, these musicians have managed to dose the ingredients taken from the storerooms of their respective musical backgrounds for the preparation of images to perfection. among such ingredients are ominous strings, wistful guitar riffs, gamelan-like sequences and crashing cymbals. the listener is a traveller in a fascinating soundscape where unexpected musical horizons suddenly appear within reach.

$15.71

back in stock as of
june 4th, 2008

first in stock on
october 5th, 2003

häpna (sweden) #h.06 cd

pillow “three henries” compact disc

8 untitled tracks

excellent disc by a pre (concurrent?) town and country lineup of ben vida, liz payne, michael colligan, and fred lonberg-holm ...

häpna press release...

häpna is proud to announce the release of three henries, the new record by chicago quartet pillow. raw, quiet and minimal music with attention to details and emphasis on the group as a collective. their way of playing and creating structures carries elements of morton feldman, amm and the flowing electronics of microstoria.

michael colligan - dry ice, reeds and tubes
has worked with the flying luttenbachers, the chicago improvisors group, math, and a number of others including kevin drumm and phil niblock.

fred lonberg-holm - cello and nyckelharpa
perform and records with, among others, the peter brötzmann chicago 10tet, the boxhead ensemble, terminal 4, freakwater, ken vandermark and jim o'rourke.

liz payne - bass
plays with the chamber minimalist group town and country. they have released two records on the thrill jockey label and are currently working on their new record. she is also a member of charles kim's sinister luck ensemble.

ben vida - guitar
also of town and country. he is also a member of central falls. his first solo record “mpls” was released on boxmedia last year.

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