Following hot on the heels of clarinetist John McCowen's absolutely stellar album "Solo Contra" (International Anthem) we are proud to present another release of solo work "4 Chairs in 3 Dimensions." McCowen has spent a lot of time in various scenes, from playing in bands such as Tweak Bird and Wei Zhongle to studying and playing clarinet with Roscoe Mitchell, Fred Frith & Ned Rothenberg among others. The 4 pieces on this album deal with various extended drone-like aspects of playing the clarinet, here entirely acoustic, in shorter song-like versions. Or as McCowen himself states, "embracing long-form drones, difference tones, and beating harmonics as a means to extrude the dimensionality within - treating the clarinet as an acoustic synthesizer".
1. White Trash
2. Fu-e
3. Birds of Jamaica
4. 4 Chairs in 3 Dimensions
John McCowen - Clarinet, Contrabass Clarinet
Recorded/Mixed January 2017 by Adam Hirsch @ Tiny Telephone Studios, SF
Mastered by David Allen
Music Composed by John McCowen
All Tracks Performed Live
