microphones in the trees: liz payne
Showing posts with label liz payne. Show all posts
Showing posts with label liz payne. Show all posts

Thursday, February 04, 2010

drmwpn

"Light your dreamweapon with some of Chicago’s most enlightened Heads. Improv band rocking the outer limits of Quantonia featuring Michael Zerang, Adam Vida, Liz Payne, Sam Wagster, Majahbeen, Steve Krakow, Jim Becker, Jim Dorling, Carol Genetti and Dan Mohr. A galactic transmission from beyond." sloow tapes

foto: jeff luker

Sunday, August 02, 2009

bird country

01. shirtless ~ town and country
02. BRDDRMS ~ bird show
03. dim ~ the zoo wheel
04. lightning ghost ~ bird show
05. phoney fuckin' mountain ~ town and country
06. allways / never sleep pt#I ~ bird show
07. untitled ~ pillow
08. after ~ joshua abrams

"there is no concept to the music - I am just working and working and if I am happy while I am working then I think the music is good - it has to feed my life - I love to make music because it takes care of me and it connects me to my friends and family and reveals me to myself." ben vida

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dibu: smicksy

Friday, July 03, 2009

drmwpn

"Drmwpn started as a Town and Country side-project in 2004 and has been growing ever since. It has always been understood that Drmwpn are playing a tune but that keeps getting more and more open as the group grows. The Brion Gyson Dreamachine has always been the focus onstage. The line up for Drmwpn on this recording is : Josh Abrams - Guimbri; Jim Dorling - Leslie Voice Electronics; Steve Krakow - Banjo; Mahjabeen - Kalimba; Dan Mohr - Voice Organ; Liz Payne - String Bass; Adam Vida - Cymbals; Ben Vida - Electric Guitar; Sam Wagster - Lap Steel Guitar & Michael Zerang - Drums" apollolaan

"...the sound is deep, slow-moving and beautifully brain-erasing, with aspects of Pelt and The No-Neck Blues Band as well as Spacemen 3, Velvet Underground & LaMonte Young..." volcanic tongue

Sunday, October 22, 2006

the zoo wheel

"The Zoo Wheel is Liz Payne's first solo project. Liz plays bass in the acoustic minimalist band Town and Country (Thrilljockey). She is also part of the the quartet Pillow (Bottrop Boy) and has played with many Chicago improvisers, among them Ken Vandermark and Adam Vida. The structure is minimalist, but she builds hybrid acoustic timbres (from field recordings and musical instruments) into complex pattern clusters that recall but do not imitate past traditions."

con The Zoo Wheel se confirma lo que ya intuíamos: que Liz Payne es una parte muy importante del sonido de Town and Country. 'First Born, Grand Days' está plagado de pequeños y grandes detalles que lo convierten en un disco casi más imprescindible que Lightning Ghost y Up Above. como los fuegos artificiales con los que finaliza 'Dim', avant-folk y psicodelia viajera que sintetiza en sus diez minutos la historia de Bird Show, Town and Country y ahora The Zoo Wheel. lo tiene todo, lluvia de campanillas cristalinas, evoluciones hipnóticas, esas percusiones tribales tan familiares, ráfagas incontrolables de ritmo, pausas, líneas de bajo que vienen y van, un final absolutamente magnético y ese toque especial e indescriptible que tienen las mejores canciones de Ben Vida (Sleeping in the Midday Sun o Field on Water). otro momento álgido es 'Jitter and Hit', que ya conocíamos del recopilatorio Lead into gold: long form works, aunque bajo el título de 'Isa's Ball'. además de rebautizarla también le roba cinco minutos, dejando así la esencia de la canción. '30-30', con la voz de Liz susurrando como Tara Jane O'neil e Isobel Sollenberger, es más Bardo Pond que Bardo Pond. 'Cats of my Life' es como un crescendo que nunca llega a explotar, una nota eterna convertida en un baile improvisado de violines y drones a medio camino entre Robert Horton y Black Ox Orchestar. y 'Mudsaltcrystalsrockswater', la canción más sensual y cósmica de todo el disco, es Colleen más Füxa más Flying Saucer Attack con flautas mágicas, barro, arena, cristales, rocas y agua. ¿Beach Samba de Movietone meets Alva Noto? mmmm..algo así :)