Mythographer, by Alister Spence, Tony Buck

Mythographer

by Alister Spence, Tony Buck

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1.	Dry Wood Talking 08:36	buy track
2.	And Yet She Turns 22:54	buy track
3.	The Extent to Which We Still Need Beauty 04:39	buy track
4.	Curious Terrain 08:09	buy track
5.	Strange Luminant 06:54	buy track
6.	Mythographer 09:03	buy track
7.	Put to Sea 07:18	buy track

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Mythographer
Alister Spence Music ASM013

Alister Spence - piano, prepared piano, percussion
Tony Buck - drums, percussion

Recommended New Release: New York City Jazz Record, April 2023

‘Astonishingly beautiful music’ Ian Muldoon, Loudmouth
‘A tour de force’ Bill Shoemaker, Point of Departure

Mythographer showcases the connection between Alister Spence and Tony Buck; two endlessly curious, deeply committed, distinctive, improvisers. Spence and Buck share a fascination with submerged rhythm, oblique extended forms, entwined interplay, and sound for its own sake. As contemporaries their musical histories have run in parallel—and occasionally intersecting—for the last thirty years. For the last five years or so they have been enjoying re-connecting musically.
Both musicians have so much to bring to the table from their wealth of musical experience, offering each other the opportunity to dig deep into their vocabularies in order to engage in genuine, interactive dialogue. Whether playing wide-ranging abstract improvisations, swinging driving pieces, or more reflective soundscapes the pair manage to find focus and form wherever the music takes them.

Recorded in one very productive afternoon session in Sydney’s 301 studios, 14th January 2022. Engineer Tim Whitten.

‘From this first piece, he [Spence] takes us with him in his mental puzzles without ever losing us on the way. This is the talent of the pianist. We are constantly hooked, hanging on to our choices. The music breathes, stretches, undulates, resonates.’ Julian Aunos, Citizen Jazz

‘Surprisingly, transportingly beautiful... Tony Buck’s thinking on his craft has uncovered something and it's something enormous...’ Brisbane's 4ZZZ

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released February 13, 2023

Recorded at Studios 301, Sydney 14 January 2022
Recorded and mixed Tim Whitten, Sydney
Mastered Doug Henderson, Berliin
Producers Alister Spence and Tony Buck
Music copyright Alister Spence and Tony Buck (control)
Design Cheryl Orsini
Outside cover and disc photo Tony Buck
Inside sleeve photo Alister Spence
Recording ©: 2022 Alister Spence
Artwork ©: 2022 Alister Spence
Music © 2022 Alister Spence, Tony Buck
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Alister Spence Sydney, Australia

Pianist, improviser and composer, Alister Spence has established a reputation as a creative force in jazz and improvised music in Australia and beyond. He has performed with and composed for some of the world's finest musicians.
Projects include:
Alister Spence Trio; Asteroid Ekosystem; Kira Kira with Satoko Fujii, Natsuki Tamura;
Sensaround;
Spence/MacDonald duo; Spence/Williamson/Cantillo. ... more

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