Mo(ve)mentsum

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Mysterious improvised electro-acoustic ensemble recorded in one take at the Movements Dance Studio in Austin. There was another Tonalamotl record that came out a few years ago on Bobby J but it sounds nothing like this surprise genius. Three long extended explorations using percussion, electronics, home made gadgets, etc. Certainly this has roots in the likes of Morphogenesis, AMM and even Polwechsel but this is American music, from Texas no less, so check your pale complexions and copies of Les Particules Elementaires at the door.

or this release, the group explored the use of keyboards and contact mics in addition to its normal set-up of drums and guitars. All the music contained herein was recorded while visiting the state capital and is therefore, in some nomenclatural way, about it.

“33” is from their own record release party at the record store of the same name, recorded in December of 1997. It combines the store doors’ alarms with the coughs of flu season, random phone calls, bowed cymbals, piercing wind gusts, dog whistles, and a souvenir from China and whips it into a near-freezing sound flurry.

“#34” was recorded at the Movements Studio in downtown Austin in the summer of 1998. It is named after a once-prominent University of Texas running back (and subsequent NFL star), and is a very long run up the middle. Dense and frantic near the line, it soon breaks free into a drift space where each individual movement can be discerned. It then rumbles back into the present for touchdown.

“I35″ is from the same day, and takes its title from a stretch of downtown Austin highway. It also includes a bit of dialogue between the group and Austin avant-garde guitarist Rick Reed as they discuss yet another famous Texas trio.

All music was recorded live and features minimal cross-fading between the three pieces.
Recorded in 1997 and 1998.

Tracklist
1 33° 14:24
2 34′ 25:27
3 35” 10:35