Sirene 1009 by Han-earl Park, Dominic Lash, Mark Sanders and rit.
“A colorful, sometimes violent and revelatory listening experience that infuses modern aesthetics with the spirit of the ancient.” — John Morrison, Jazz Right Now (Best of 2017)
“☆☆☆☆½” — David Menestres, Free Jazz
“Sirene 1009 don’t so much push the envelope of improvisation as tear it into small pieces and eat them, just to spite any listener preconceptions….” — Dave Foxall, Jazz Journal/aJazzNoise (Best of 2017)
Muffled junkyard hammering (clang! thud! snap!) beat unlikely counter-rhythms; suspension bridge rumble in the turbulence with subwoofer scratches; bad traffic and extreme weather conspire elemental percussion; broken public address system splutter and loop, evoke the intelligible.
Eponymous first album by Sirene 1009. Sirene 1009 is the cyborg virtuosity of Han-earl Park (Eris 136199, Mathilde 253), the indomitable low-end growl of Dominic Lash (Convergence Quartet, The Set Ensemble), the unstoppable hits and clangs of Mark Sanders (John Butcher, Christian Marclay), and the controlled vocal mayhem of rit. (deadname: Caroline Pugh) (Performing Identity and The Unknown, Photo Ballads).
Tracks 2–5 recorded live December 3, 2015, Cafe OTO, London.
Tracks 1 and 6 recorded June 16, 2016, Flood Studio, Birmingham.
More info: www.busterandfriends.com/baf000
Tracklist
| 1. | Psychohistory III | 9:47 |
| 2. | Cliodynamics I | 10:44 |
| 3. | Cliodynamics II | 12:22 |
| 4. | Cliodynamics III | 5:11 |
| 5. | Hopeful Monsters | 9:41 |
| 6. | Psychohistory V | 10:40 |
Credits
Han-earl Park: guitar.
Dominic Lash: double bass.
Mark Sanders: drums.
rit. (deadname: Caroline Pugh): voice and tape recorder.
London performance presented with funding from Culture Ireland.
All music by Han-earl Park, Dominic Lash, Mark Sanders and rit.
Tracks 2–5 recorded by Alex Fiennes.
Tracks 1 and 6 recorded by Luke Morrish-Thomas.
Mixed and mastered by Han-earl Park.
Design and artwork by Han-earl Park.
© + ℗ 2017 Han-earl Park.
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Han-earl Park has been performing beautifully messy, joyously difficult, ambiguous and discordant improvised musics for over twenty years. Park is the mastermind behind ensembles including Eris 136199 with Catherine Sikora and Nick Didkovsky; Juno 3 with Lara Jones and Pat Thomas; and Gonggong 225088 with Yorgos Dimitriadis and Camila Nebbia; and performs as part of a duo with Richard Barrett.