Live at Cafe Oto, by Lean Left

Live at Cafe Oto

by Lean Left

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	1.	Koevoet 30:40		buy track
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about

Lean Left throws together two explosive duos - the sax/drums collision course of Ken Vandermark and Paal Nilsson-Love with the piledriving guitarists from The Ex - to make up a positively apocalyptic quartet: an elemental musical force featuring Grade A international players zoning in and scrambling together rock, jazz, noise and blistering free improv into a highly-charged onstage assault, each member taking their sounds and bodies to the edge and often snapping out of the wilds and into glorious passages of regular rhythm. Recorded live at Café Oto, London in 2011.

The music of Lean Left is extrovert, energetic, powerful and inclusive but also confrontational and provocative: where rhythm, noise, melody and harmony melt together in perfect union. In two tracks “Live at Café Oto” captures one moment of high powered, highly varied improvisation. Pretty much the dream ticket for those who like their live music raw, hard and violently soulful.

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"This is an album that is all about the rhythm. From beats to pulses to heartbeats to the sounds of the doomsday clock. From precise muted guitars to repetitive saxophone lines and tones, they are all being accented by Father Time himself Paal Nilssen-Love (drums)." -Phillip Coombs, Free Jazz Blog

credits

released September 6, 2013

Terrie Ex: Guitar
Andy Moor: Guitar
Ken Vandermark: Tenor Saxophone, B Clarinet
Paal Nilssen-Love: Drums

Recorded live at Café Oto, London on September 11th and 12th

Design – Isabelle Vigier
Mixed By, Mastered By – Colin McLean
Photograph – Andy Moor

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Released 2012