Label: ThirtyThree ThirtyThree Records

Sublime FrequenciesのオーナーAlan Bishop率いるインプロヴィゼーション・カルテットThe Clandestine Quartetの唯一作！！共にSun City Girlsで活動する兄弟Rick Bishop、百戦錬磨のドラマーChris Corsano、Matt Valentine & Erika Elderのバンドに参加するMichael Flowerというツワモノ演奏家によるグループで、ラーガの要素を取り入れた深い瞑想空間から、小気味良い進行のミニマルロック、程よく振り切れたフリージャズまで、それぞれの音楽性をあらゆる形で散りばめた全5曲。180グラム重量盤。





180g vinyl

Thirty Three Thirty Three is proud to present the debut LP from the Clandestine Quartet, bringing together Alan and Richard Bishop with Michael Flower and Chris Corsano. Invited to perform in London as part of the St John Sessions series, Alan Bishop rounded up this quartet of underground stalwarts with a deep history of collaborative ventures – the Bishop brothers making up two-thirds of the legendary Sun City Girls, Richard Bishop and Corsano comprising two parts of psychedelic juggernaut Rangda, and the Flower-Corsano Duo having wowed audiences for over a decade with their face-melting brand of eastern-tinged free shred.

The quartet spent four days in the studio developing material for the London show and recording the seven pieces heard here (five across the two sides of the LP, accompanied by two digital bonus tracks). They settled, for the most part, on something approaching a classic rock quartet line-up: Richard Bishop on electric guitar, Michael Flower on his signature amplified ‘Japanese banjo’ (an Indian keyed zither), Alan Bishop on bass and Chris Corsano manning the drums. Rather than a straight-up improvised blowing session, the LP strikes a balance between free-flowing spontaneous interaction and structured surprise, alternating between zoned-out group meditations and stop-on-a-dime unison dynamics.