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Peter Kerlin Octet
Salamander

Album 2013 on Innova Recordings label
Jazz, Rock and Classical (Post-Modern)

Salamander, the debut album by Brooklyn bassist- composer, Peter Kerlin takes the listener through five bass-driven compositions scored for two vibraphones, two basses, organ, drums, percussion, and viola. The range of each piece’s compositional core reaches from the through-composed “Bulbs” and “Snake Eats Electric Blanket” to the open cosmic jazz expression of “Ballad of the Bewildered Herd.” Along the way, post- rock staples like Stereolab and Tortoise and Krautrock luminaries Can, Faust and Neu! serve as jumping off points, as well as Terry Riley, Sonny Sharrock, and Eric Dolphy. It’s a soaring, melodic flow of ecstatic energy that sweeps the listener along a sustained ride. Salamander -- whose title refers to the animal in medieval lore that can survive fire, highlighting the poetic, mythological, naive contradiction of human- kind’s relationship with nature -- is Kerlin’s first foray into a more ambitious compositional work, employing detailed notation as well as guided improvisational passages. The ensemble features the contributions of lauded Brooklyn area players such as Mike Pride (Bacteria to Boys, Period, Dynamite Club), Taylor Bergren-Chris- man (Golem, The Dollars) Jessica Pavone (composer and frequent collaborator with Mary Halvorson), Amy Cimini (Anthony Braxton, Till by Turning, Starring), Sam Sowyrda (Cloud Becomes Your Hand, Dan Dea- con), Cesare Papetti (Firebird Ensemble), Emily Manzo (Christy & Emily, Till by Turning) and Karen Waltuch (John Cale, Cynthia Hopkins). As a bass player, Kerlin has worked with a range of artists such as Ted Leo, Chris Forsyth, Nate Wooley, Ryan Sawyer, Hans Joachim Urmlir of Faust, Christy & Emily, Source of Yellow, and many others. nnova 879 US Physical street release date: 11/19/2013 File Under: Classical/New Music/Indie UPC: 726708687922 Distributed by Naxos USA Artwork: https://www.innova.mu/albums/ peter-kerlin-octet/salamander http://blog.thebulk.net/ Bulbs Snake Eats Electric Blanket Cenozoan Warp Wanna Let the Bell-Tower Ring Ballad of the Bewildered Herd Peter Kerlin Octet: Peter Kerlin Taylor Bergren-Chrisman Brent Cordero Sam Sowyrda Cesare Papetti Amy Cimini Jessica Pavone Karen Waltuch Emily Manzo Mike Pride Charles Burst

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	Peter Kerlin Octet , album by
	Peter Kerlin eb, b, bass, composed by, bass guitar
	Taylor Bergren-Chrisman cb, b, bass, acoustic bass
	Charles Burst dr, voc, US drums, percussion
	Mike Pride dr, perc, *1979 US drums
	Emily Manzo p, voc, ep, organ, electric piano
	Cesare Papetti , vibraphone
	Sam Sowyrda perc, vibraphone
	Amy Cimini vl, US viola
	Karen Waltuch vl, US viola
	Brent Cordero voc, p, bass
	Jessica Pavone vl, *1976 US viola

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