Buke and Gase / So Percussion: A Record Of — vinyl LP + compact disc

$12.99 - $19.99

Buke and Gase / So Percussion: A Record Of — vinyl LP + compact disc

$12.99 - $19.99

Brassland is built on community. So it was heartening when our most self-sufficient group Buke and Gase joined forces with the keen collaborators in Sō Percussion to create a genre-defying LP.

𝗛𝗪𝗬-𝟬𝟲𝟯 'A Record Of' by Buke and Gase / Sō Percussion
𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: January 29, 2021
𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 "Ancient Tool Gadget" or "Diazepam" (edit)
𝗥𝗜𝗬𝗟: Deerhoof ~ a mix of chaos and precision ~ percussion music that dares you to dance

𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗡 🖇️ orcd.co/arecordof

On the surface Sō Percussion and Buke and Gase are an unlikely pairing. Sō Percussion work in a classical context. They are in-residence at Princeton University and founded the percussion program at Bard's Conservatory of Music. A piece by Pulitzer Prize winning composer Caroline Shaw which they recorded won a Grammy in 2022. By contrast, Buke & Gase are stridently DIY and their long-standing partnership has been hermetically sealed. They produce their own albums and are skeptical about the institutions and structures classical groups depend on.

Already familiar with one another via The National, the creation of 'A Record Of' was instigated by a commission from the Ecstatic Music Series. Happily it opened the groups to a new and bespoke creative process. The six musicians wrote together in Aron Sanchez's 300-year-old house in upstate NY and debuted the material during a 2014 concert at NYC's Merkin Hall.

It took a half-decade for recordings to appear. Highly collaborative sessions at a rural Vermont studio gave way to the Aron(e)s slow process of twisting the LP into its final shape through radical post-production.

A first single “Diazepam” hinted at a gentle, blended style. Arone Dyer's processed vocals float over atmospheric vibraphones. Subsequent singles exploded those expectations with shapeshifting krautrock, math rock and latin rhythms. Released at the height of Covid, Arone noted a mental health theme threaded through the album's lyrics: "It can be read as a response to this very stressful year (or 4), or a reminder to hug yourself."

“a wily exercise in melodic noise-rock"—Bandcamp

"5 Classical Albums to Hear Right Now"—New York Times

"another bold evolution"—UNCUT