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Tinderbox 16:49
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Red Orange Black 04:20
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Flight 05:21
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Smoke and Mirrors 06:19
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Skyshow 10:08

about

Tinderbox was composed by guitarist John Encarnacao as an aleatoric score for the play of the same name written by Alana Valentine and directed by Zoë Carides for Darlinghurst Theatre. It was performed live in the studio by improvising trio Espadrille.

Tinderbox is an album soaked in the heat haze of the Australian summer, played with great restraint by three musicians responding to both the requirements of a compositional frame and each other in the moment. Elongated instrumental textures drift free of pulse and tempo, the players suspended in the granular detail of timbral play. The album is a showcase for the three members of Espadrille, and perhaps particularly for saxophonist Brendan Smyly, whose timbres range from sweetly floating notes with microtonal inflections made eternal with self-administered delay, to free jazz overblowing. Drummer Joshua Isaac, known also for his electronic work, elicits gossamer cymbals and tectonic creaking from tom toms played with heavy chains. Composer/guitarist John Encarnacao wields his instrument as both lightning rod and spectral presence, playing more timbrally than melodically and eschewing the standard tropes of guitar virtuosity.

Espadrille works in a space where improvisation is unscripted and yet no musical style is off-limits. Previous recordings have ranged from relatively ambient to monstrous off-centre grooves. Tinderbox is the third Espadrille album after First Wave (2010) and Seconds (2015) but the first work the trio has produced from a score. It is recommended for fans of The Necks and Art Ensemble of Chicago.

The evocative photography and artwork is by long-term collaborator with Espadrille and Encarnacao, Ryszard Dabek.

credits

released March 28, 2018

Composed by John Encarnacao, with cicadas by Brendan Smyly and thunder storm by Mitchell Hart.

Performed by Espadrille:
John Encarnacao - guitar
Joshua Isaac - drums and percussion
Brendan Smyly - saxophones and live processing.

Recorded and mixed by Mitchell Hart
Mastered by Tim Bruniges
Produced by John Encarnacao

Photography and artwork by Ryszard Dabek.
Thanks to Zoe Carides, Alana Valentine and Nastassja Djalog.

PJ 4915

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