Departing long-time recording home ECM for the Intakt label, a coup for the consistently excellent Swiss indie, kicking off their tenure with ''The Fantastic Mrs.10'' – here's the cover of the upcoming Snakeoil album that trousers a Valentine's day release next month. Ain't that romantic?
Cult guitarist Marc Ducret joins old muckers alto sax great Tim Berne, Matt Mitchell, Oscar Noriega and Ches Smith this time around.
Tunes are largely Berne's plus there is a treatment of, by a hero and mentor of his: Julius Hemphill, in the inclusion of 'Dear Friend'. Arcane drum trivia fact, Smith besides drums, vibes and glock makes use of the unusual barrel drum, the Haitian tanbou, it is practically compulsory to relate.
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