Story Tellers - 57CD (2016) | Martin Archer

Story Tellers - 57CD (2016)

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Beautifully packaged and factory produced to Discus Music's usual high standard. Artwork by Martin Archer.

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1.	Story Tellers 1 02:22	buy track
2.	Like It Is 07:00	buy track
3.	The River Follower - solo 01:33	buy track
4.	The Casuist - band 08:12	buy track
5.	Shaman Song 1 08:00	buy track
6.	Story Tellers 2 04:00	buy track
7.	Go Heavy 05:04	buy track
8.	The Barbarian - solo 03:42	buy track
9.	The Wayfarer's Bastard - band 07:55	buy track
10.	Muhal's Way 03:00	buy track
11.	Story Tellers 3 02:13	buy track
12.	Like It Is (remix) 03:09	buy track
13.	The Wounded Healer - solo 02:17	buy track
14.	The Barbarian - band 07:32	buy track
15.	Shaman Song 2 09:51	buy track
16.	Story Tellers 4 02:08	buy track
17.	Like It Was 05:34	buy track
18.	The Casuist - solo 03:49	buy track
19.	The River Follower - band 06:04	buy track
20.	Leo's Dream 05:48	buy track
21.	Story Tellers 5 04:52	buy track
22.	Like It Will Be 08:08	buy track
23.	The Wayfarer's Bastard - solo 01:55	buy track
24.	The Rain Maker - band 07:51	buy track
25.	Shaman Song 3 10:19	buy track
26.	Story Tellers 6 04:16	buy track
27.	Time Twist 03:52	buy track
28.	The Wounded Healer - band 04:59	buy track
29.	The Rain Maker - solo 03:35	buy track
30.	The Casuist (exit pursued by demons) 03:34	buy track
31.	Roscoe's Blues 02:22	buy track

about

The Wire's #4 jazz CD of 2016 (Dan Spicer)

"Martin Archer just released his most important record since "In Stereo Gravity". Actually, it might be the most important record of his career. "Story Tellers" is double CD with six 20+minute suites. Themes are interconnected, each of the six musicians gets a "persona". The flow of the album reminds me of Wadada's Ten Freedom Summers. And there are tributes herein to Wadada, Roscoe et Muhal, so you know where the roots of it are. A fantastic listen: complex, deep, yet elemental." - FRANCOIS COUTURE

First recording by a new sextet, and another release from Discus which follows through Martin's obsession with AACM innovations expressed via dynamic and creative composition twinned with top flight improvising.

A double CD of six long pieces, each thematically linked to make one long cycle which moves between completely notated and completely improvised passages, combinations of both elements, some electric Miles inspired grooves, and strange folk-like drums and drones.

The Story Tellers cycle is divided into six Books each containing five Chapters. Each Book begins with a version of the Story Tellers theme which is played by everyone. The second Chapter is drawn from a group of rhythm pieces. Each Story Teller has their own individual theme, performed as a solo third Chapter. These individual themes are also combined in different pairs with additional textural material and improvisation models to form more Chapters, heard fourth. Some Books end with a Shaman Drone; others have an individual coda as a fifth Chapter.

Most of the music here is heard exactly as played by the sextet in the studio with minimum post production edits and overdubs..

credits

released July 26, 2016

Martin Archer – The Casuist - alto, sopranino and baritone saxophones, bass clarinet, bass recorder, flute (B7 only), shaker, chimes, loops & electronics

Mick Somerset – The Wounded Healer - C, alto, bass, meditation, geisha and drone flutes, chalumeau and bass clarinets, shawm, shruti boxes, shaman drums, bells, rattles, gongs, trine, jews harp

Kim Macari Stone-Lonergan – The Barbarian - trumpet

Corey Mwamba – The River Follower - vibraphone

Anton Hunter – The Rain Maker - guitar and electronics

Peter Fairclough – The Wayfarer’s Bastard - drums and percussion

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Discus Music Sheffield, UK

Discus Music was founded in 1994 by Martin Archer. The label releases leftfield rock music, free jazz, extended songform, electronics, improvised music, and other sounds which defy categorisation.

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