Hello. It’s been awhile since I’ve wrote a post here. Thanks for staying in our creative orbit. San Kazakgascar has been chipping away at our new proper album, Too Many People. This last August, we had the opportunity of to play a couple different improvised series in San Francisco and Sacramento. I had wanted to try doing drones sets with expanded ensembles and these shows seemed like the perfect opportunity.
Confession – I had kinda prepared myself to be disappointed. We didn’t practice for the shows and the pre-set discussion was pretty minimal. Matt set up a Zoom mic and we played. But when you gather smart people who know what the hell they’re doing, good things happen! We invited different guests to sit in at each set and they all committed to the long tone.
We had five of our core members for each set and the following guests:
SAN FRANCISCO 8/3/22:
Jed Brewer – guitar
Rachel Freund – clarinet
Greg Hain – Alturia synth
Linda Michele Hardy – flute, harmonica, xylophone, voice
Matthew Kretzmann – synth
With:
Dan Bednarczyk – guitar
Kevin Corcoran – shruti j box
Jaroba James – bass clarinet
Colleen Kelly – cello
Amy Reed – guitar
SACRAMENTO 8/15/22:
Jed Brewer – guitar
Rachel Freund – clarinet
Greg Hain – bass
Linda Michele Hardy – flute, harmonica, voice
Matthew Kretzmann – synth
With:
Eric Janssen – didgeridoo
Robert Rivasplata – synth & monotron
Charles Sharp – bass clarinet
Andrew Wayne – theremin
The wonderful Trouble in Mind label is releasing the recording as part of their “Explorer Series.” Cassette heads can get the tape (download included) or you can simply go with the DL-only option. Pre-order Long Tones of August here.
We are currently mixing our proper album, Too Many People. The same crew that joined for Emotional Crevasse, is back, and I couldn’t be happier. We also have a few winter dates – see below. Speaking of the previous album, we still have a few LP and CD copies that can be had at the link below. Our friend, Dennis Michaels, did a little video story thing about the making of the album.
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Hello. It’s been awhile since I’ve wrote a post here. Thanks for staying in our creative orbit. San Kazakgascar has been chipping away at our new proper album, Too Many People. This last August, we had the opportunity of to play a couple different improvised series in San Francisco and Sacramento. I had wanted to try doing drones sets with expanded ensembles and these shows seemed like the perfect opportunity.
Confession – I had kinda prepared myself to be disappointed. We didn’t practice for the shows and the pre-set discussion was pretty minimal. Matt set up a Zoom mic and we played. But when you gather smart people who know what the hell they’re doing, good things happen! We invited different guests to sit in at each set and they all committed to the long tone.
We had five of our core members for each set and the following guests:
SAN FRANCISCO 8/3/22:
Jed Brewer – guitar
Rachel Freund – clarinet
Greg Hain – Alturia synth
Linda Michele Hardy – flute, harmonica, xylophone, voice
Matthew Kretzmann – synth
With:
Dan Bednarczyk – guitar
Kevin Corcoran – shruti j box
Jaroba James – bass clarinet
Colleen Kelly – cello
Amy Reed – guitar
SACRAMENTO 8/15/22:
Jed Brewer – guitar
Rachel Freund – clarinet
Greg Hain – bass
Linda Michele Hardy – flute, harmonica, voice
Matthew Kretzmann – synth
With:
Eric Janssen – didgeridoo
Robert Rivasplata – synth & monotron
Charles Sharp – bass clarinet
Andrew Wayne – theremin
The wonderful Trouble in Mind label is releasing the recording as part of their “Explorer Series.” Cassette heads can get the tape (download included) or you can simply go with the DL-only option. Order Long Tones of August here.
We are currently mixing our proper album, Too Many People. The same crew that joined for Emotional Crevasse, is back, and I couldn’t be happier. We also have a few winter dates – see below.
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