Scout, by Tabua-Harrison

Scout

by Tabua-Harrison

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	1.	Scout 05:10
	2.	Fern 01:46
	3.	Vitamin D 08:37
	4.	Subtitles 02:02
	5.	Ticker Tape 07:22
	6.	Wave 03:36
	7.	Bee or Wasp 03:45
	8.	Omega 06:00

about

Psychopyjama is very proud to announce the first release of a unique musical force. Tabua-Harrison makes music that is both completely improvised and absolutely accessible, with the visceral energy of rock, metal and funk and the intricacy and surprise of contemporary art music. Resident Psychopyjama artwork maestro Ryszard Dabek says of their debut album, Scout, “at times the duo’s work recalls other high-wire improv pairings such as John Coltrane and Rashied Ali on Interstellar Space as much as the restless creativity of Battles and the post-rock guitar stylings of Tortoise guitarist Jeff Parker.”

Drummer Holly Harrison is one of Australia’s foremost young composers. As we write this, she is furiously composing for a commission for the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Her work has been commissioned and performed by ensembles across Australia, Europe, the US and Asia. The rhythmic complexity and polyphonic independence of her art music is really an outgrowth of her phenomenal drumming, which really has to be seen to be believed. Partner in crime Joseph Tabua refers to her as “endorphin machine” on the album’s liner notes.

Guitarist Joseph (Joey) Tabua brings a background in hard rock and funk styles to the project – his 2000s band Junto toured with the likes of COG and The Mark of Cain – but also his own compositional sense. Outside of Tabua-Harrison he pursues fusions of his rock history and Fijian heritage with minimalism and aleatoric music as heard on his recent solo album Half Ocean Half Sky. In Tabua-Harrison, the electric guitar and pedal board fuse as a palette of oceanic and volcanic possibilities.

Tabua-Harrison encapsulates a contemporary tendency to obliterate genre which we also glimpse in the work of Laurence Pike and Nicole Lizée. While Scout asks to be met on its own terms, its wide array of timbres, tones, temporalities and dynamics creates a compelling journey over 40 minutes.

credits

released July 13, 2018

All tracks were entirely improvised and recorded
within the space of a day (16 January, 2017).

Recorded by Adrian Barr
Mixed and Mastered by Mitchell Hart
Produced by Tabua-Harrison and John Encarnacao
Landscape photography by Katrina Milton-White
Band photography by Peter Jovanov
Design by Ryszard Dabek

Joseph would like to thank: Lisa, Elroy and Tomasi, Mum and Dad,
Holly Harrison (Endorphin Machine), Steve Chandler, Chris Brooks,
John Encarnacao, and Mitchell Hart.

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& 2018 Tabua-Harrison under exclusive license to Psychopyjama

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discography

Giraffe Quartet and Duets

Jun 2021
Moment

Oct 2018
Scout

Jul 2018
Tinderbox

Mar 2018
Guitar Solos 4

Jun 2017
The Other Side (excerpt)

Sep 2016
Seconds

Sep 2015
Sillage

May 2015
Giraffe Solos

Jun 2014
First Wave

Mar 2010
Irrational

Sep 1999
Fantastique

Nov 1996

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