Editorial Reviews This pluralism will admit that it reaches mostly into American traditions from the last century which have barely weaned themselves from Europe and Africa, but who's counting? The music pours out of a highly improvising mindset even though extensive arrangements have become a staple for this group. The most rampant influences are from the harmony and concept fathered by Ives and Copland, the open improvising music of Ornette Coleman and Paul Bley, the highly composed sound of George Crumb and Tan Dun, the rock and roll, the hip-hop, the folk singers, the film scores- all of these things they grew up with. You will hear stretches of possibly pretentious harmony, quirky and/or romantic melody, unlikely sounds from our environment and elsewhere, and, oddly enough, even a groove at times.
About the Artist
Comprised of six performers who are not very funny, twelve 20 six more successfully makes music that could be new to you or at least a friend of yours. These concubines of sound, all born a few years after Steve Reich bought a razor blade and an XL-1, after Cannonball Adderley recorded "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" before Paul Motian shaved his head, have taken advantage of the information technology of their youth and assimilated a broad range of approaches to music into a new pluralism that aims like hell to inspire your children's children.
Album Description
The spawn of a badly ventilated, dank New York boiler room/rehearsal space, Twelve20 Six gathered in late 1999 to hammer out some rather extensive instrumental arrangements for drums, acoustic bass, guitar, tuba, trombone, saxophone and assorted noise generators. Over the course of two years they have moved their operation to fill up slightly more sanitary, public (yet still below ground) venues for new improvised music. This release appropriately documents the gamut they boldly run, from Prokoviev’s ballet, to backbeats, to out-and-out mayhem. Oh, rather.
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Twelve 20 Six
Twelve20Six Manufacturer: Ncm East Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD  General
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Avant Garde & Free Jazz
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Experimental Music
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| Alternative Rock
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ASIN: B00005Y7A5 Release Date: 2002-02-12 |
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Album Description
The spawn of a badly ventilated, dank New York boiler room/rehearsal space, Twelve20 Six gathered in late 1999 to hammer out some rather extensive instrumental arrangements for drums, acoustic bass, guitar, tuba, trombone, saxophone and assorted noise generators. Over the course of two years they have moved their operation to fill up slightly more sanitary, public (yet still below ground) venues for new improvised music. This release appropriately documents the gamut they boldly run, from Prokoviev's ballet, to backbeats, to out-and-out mayhem. Oh, rather.Music:
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The Heavenly States [Limited Edition]
String Quartet Tribute to the Doors
Voices of the Earth: Whales & Dolphins
Whatever Gets You True Pt.1 [CD-single] [Import]
The Undiscovered Numbers & Colors