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A.S.A.P. Wings (SRR CD-005)
Killick
Erik Hinds, Bob Stagner, & Dennis Palmer
Cover art by
Dennis Palmer
A.S.A.P.
Wings now on iTunes!
A.S.A.P.
Wings is the first album from the trio of Killick
Erik Hinds, Dennis Palmer and Bob Stagner, a.k.a. the Shaking Ray
Levis. The music is a juggernaut, a whale of a hoot. Post-post-modern
revivalism at its ornery and most unabashed best, and there's even
a cover of The Residents' Red Rider. Open up yr wind-ers, open up
yr doors...
The Shaking Ray
Levis is an ongoing collaboration of musicians with a common
interest in improvisation. The project was conceived and led by
the Chattanooga-based team of Dennis J. Palmer and Bob Stagner.
The latest incarnation of the group is a trio with Killick of Athens,
Georgia. They use storytelling, synthesizers, samplers, percussion,
and Killick's one-of-a-kind H'arpeggione to achieve their distinctive
sound. They are the first American group to have recorded for Incus
Records, the record label of late British free improvisational guitarist
Derek Bailey. Additionally, they have performed and recorded with
John Zorn, David Greenberger, Fred Frith, Min Tanaka, Amy Denio,
Ken Vandermark, Peter Kowald, Susan Alcorn, Larry Ochs, Habib Koite,
Chris Cutler, Susie Allen, and Derek Bailey, as well as many other
critically acclaimed artists. Click
here to learn more about "Thealm Ol' Levi Boys."
Killick,
of Athens, Georgia is a tireless advocate for improvised and the
other kind of music. He plays here his devil cello: the H'arpeggione,
an upright acoustic instrument with sympathetic strings. Killick
focuses on the raw sound of his strings in all their microtonal
glory; his style blends primitive folk, heavy metal, and sacred
musics from around the world into a doomy/pretty/physically exhausting
voice. He runs Solponticello
Records and is the fellow who put out a solo acoustic H'arpeggione
version of Slayer's Reign In Blood.
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The
Gospel Record (SRR CD-004)
Derek Bailey,
Amy Denio, & Dennis Palmer
7 traditional Southern
Gospel songs.
This project combines
Southern Gospel compositions with firey yet lovely improvisations,
a crossover that transcends qualities characteristic of both genres.
The Gospel Record (Reference Edition) expresses the spirit
of improvisation: it freely juxtaposes the atonal style of Derek’s
playing with Amy and Dennis’ diverging interpretations of
Southern Gospel, and takes on a striking depth as a result of this
convergence.
The pairing of Southern
Gospel and “Old-Timey Avant Garde” partners traditional
Gospel lyrics and vocal melodies with nontraditional and expressive
guitar sounds and cross-rhythmic homemade heavy metal and funk samples.
The effect is at once jubilant and haunting, a reminder of our own
mortality and materiality and the inexhaustible presence of the
spirit.
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Transmutating
(SRR CD-001)
LaDonna Smith and Davey Williams
Ah!-prime hooten-nanny of improvised, new fangled and hand-crafted
music to boot!
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Boss
Witch (SRR CD-002) -1997
Dennis Palmer, Bob Stagner, JD Parran, Steve
Beresford, Davey Williams, Frank Pahl, Mary Richards.
One rollicking record of improvised music that is fun enough to
bedevil the best out of apocalyptic culture. "...In improv
flights ranging from stretched-out countrified shit kickers to rococo
drone-alongs, the Levis confirm their skills as integral elements
in group ensemble playing." - Andy Pierce, Creative
Loafing Atlanta
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Live
at Lamar's (SRR CD-003) - Rec. 1999, Rel. 2003
Derek Bailey, Dennis Palmer, and Bob Stagner
Live at Lamar’s,
the latest recording by British guitar legend Derek Bailey and his
East Tennessee co-conspirators, Dennis Palmer (synthesizer) and
Bob Stagner (percussion), is a testament to their long-standing
collaboration that now spans three decades. The ensemble playing
found on Live at Lamar’s, shifting from the heavenly, gospel-tinged
opening to the sounds of one-hundred-twenty-three devils riding
giant catfish atop waves of hellfire, speaks well to the notion
that “all that rises must converge.” Live at Lamar’s
is a Shaking Ray Records release, limited edition of 1,000. Only
$10.
"The
Shaking Ray Levis have an aptitude for sounding fresh and free from
cliché while not appearing self-consciously outlandish. They
accommodate Bailey's singular playing in ways that set his idiosyncrasies
to advantage, cast them in a relatively unfamiliar light and whet
the appetite for more."
-The
Wire
READ TONY MOSTROM'S
REVIEW.
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Mayor
of the Tennessee River (PP-8701)
- 2003
David
Greenberger and the Shaking Ray Levis (with Kenny Palmer
& Frank Pahl)
PelPel
Recordings. Mayor of the
Tennessee River is the newest Duplex
Planet CD presenting 17 awe-inspiring stories from senior residents
of Chattanooga Tennessee. This CD has been featured on National
Public Radio's "All
Things Considered" and includes monologues by David Greenberger,
with music written and performed by the Shaking Ray Levis (Dennis
Palmer-synthesizers, samples & vocoder, Bob Stagner-drums, Kenny
Palmer-bass, Frank Pahl-guitar,
National steel guitar & samples).
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