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Sending good vibes from @solidsoundfest where Saccata Quartet made their live debut celebrating the release of Septendecim. OUT NOW!!! Big thanks to Solid Sound + @wilco + everyone at the fest + our record sales partners @belltower_records & @autumnrecordsvt and of course the band. Scorchio!☀️☀️ (album team photo l-r: Nels, Glenn, Matti, Darin, Chris)

Turn the key and walk into your future! Chris Corsano’s feverish essay on drumming (or album stream, as some of you no doubt call it), The Key (Became the Important Thing [& Then Just Faded Away]) is literally AHT NAH!!! Chris’ solo approach here is rooted in an exploration of extended technique with an invention of his own - the string-drum - pulling his abiding focus on free improvisation and noise into a trian-granular fusion of acoustic experiments and hot-wired ideations of hard rock riffing and the post-punk sound. All in one encompassing one-man band!  Get your copy of The Key (Became the Important Thing [& Then Just Faded Away]) today! And when you play it, say it! The whole title, please. And then you too will know that the world can know... Link in bio

OUT NOW: Saccata Quartet "Septendecim" LP & digital. Nels Cline / Chris Corsano / Darin Gray / Glenn Kotche. Live debut this Sunday at @solidsoundfest North Adams, MA. While Saccata Quartet's music could probably well be called free jazz, drone, dark ambient, post-noise or kosmische-noir, it should not be labeled too rigorously under any one of those banners. As a work of four lauded instrumentalists, the album refreshingly makes instrumentation seem like a secondary concern. Their sound, be it loud and undeniably wall-like, or hazy and quiet, almost fog-like, comes from a place of democratic free expression of four musicians coming together on their own terms, not limited by a band formation or deadlines for an album timeline. "Avant-hard jazz from the impressive attacking foils Nels Cline, Chris Corsano, Darin Gray and Glenn Kotche, otherwise known as the Saccata Quartet. Stretching, squalling, tearing, drawing wild intensity and ariel droning and alien broadcasts from their apparatus, the free-jazz foursome sound like a harrowing and galloping, scattering merger of Faust, Roscoe Mitchell, Sam Rivers, Zappa and AEOC in a dense experimental world of scares and uncertainty. What’s not to love about that." @monolithcocktail Composed & performed by Nels Cline, Chris Corsano, Darin Gray, Glenn Kotche Recorded by TJ Doherty at The Loft, Chicago Mixed by Pat Burns with Chris Corsano and Glenn Kotche Mastered by Pat Burns at Thunderlab, Chicago Vinyl cut by JSA at Timmion Cutting, Helsinki Design by Matti Nives "Septendecim" is available now via Bandcamp & your favourite record shops.

SACCATA QUARTET album out this Friday. Nels Cline / Chris Corsano / Darin Gray / Glenn Kotche. Live premiere & album signing session on Sunday, June 30th at @solidsoundfest

Chris Corsano, Zoh Amba and Bill Orcutt @holoceneportland @chriscorsano @zohamba @billorcutt #livemusic #livemusicphotography

Here’s something to chew on over the weekend — today, Chris Corsano shares a playlist with us - it contains some well-loved tracks which made up some part of him while he found his latest, upcoming record, The Key (Became The Important Thing [& Then Just Faded Away].  And speaking of The Key, we’ve announced a Listening Party on Bandcamp happening on June 22nd, 11 AM CST that Chris will be present at and you can RSVP to. So now it’s your turn - listen up and look for The Key, link in bio!

Streaming everywhere today: "Oh OK", the second single from the upcoming album Septendecim by Saccata Quartet (Nels Cline / Chris Corsano / Darin Gray / Glenn Kotche). Album date 28th June, live premiere 30th June at @solidsoundfest ✨ "Stretching, squalling, tearing, drawing wild intensity and ariel droning and alien broadcasts from their apparatus, the free-jazz foursome sound like a harrowing and galloping, scattering merger of Faust, Roscoe Mitchell, Sam Rivers, Zappa and AEOC in a dense experimental world of scares and uncertainty. What’s not to love about that." @monolithcocktail

Jettisoned through the atmosphere to pulverize our beckoning eardrums, The Key (Became The Important Thing [& Then Just Faded Away]) is Chris Corsano operating past every dimension.  Today, the important thing is experiencing the second single from the album, “The Full-Measure Wash Down”, with a new music video by Kim Alpert. Nodding to the guitar sounds of his favorite collaborators in striking self-conversation with his own rhythm, it’s a fusion of all things Corsano — one to strike the Earth’s core on June 28, 2024! Listen to the single and Order your copy now, link in bio!

Out today: Saccata Quartet "Hmm" digi single streaming all over the place. It is a taster of a much broader sound world, revealed in full 28th June, live at @solidsoundfest 30th June. Nels Cline, Chris Corsano, Darin Gray (HBD), Glenn Kotche.

Tonight • @earthball.speaks + @chriscorsano w/ support from Weird Fields @sonicmasala brings a night of wild improv revelry to Nottingham... EARTH BALL are a wild ensemble from Canada, mainly based on Vancouver Island. Their inception was serendipitous, emerging out of necessity when Isabel Ford, John Brennan, and Jeremy Van Wyck needed a name for a gig. What began as a pragmatic solution blossomed into an artistically conceived project. Embracing complete improvisation, free expression and a truly psychedelic sound, the group's lineup expands for different projects and now features Kellen Maclaughlin on Guitar and Liam Murphy on Saxophone. Each member brings a diverse musical background, having been part of various bands such as Shearing Pinx, Plan Your Future, Kamikaze Nurse, Eschatons and Psychedelic Dirt. Their individual collaborations with artists like Deerhoof, Raven Chacon, Chris Corsano, William Hooker, and others enrich their collective experience, forging a powerful musical force. / CHRIS CORSANO is an upstate NY-based drummer who has been active at the intersections of collective improvisation, free jazz, avant-rock, and noise music since the late 1990's. Corsano is one of the greatest drummers working today, developing a percussive language of extraordinary amplitude and infinite resources. His collaborations stretch from free jazz greats (Joe McPhee, Evan Parker, Paul Flaherty & more) to noise mavens (Jandek, Bill Nace, C Spencer Yeh etc) and pop superstars (Björk). Capable of generating narrative out of permanent ecstasy, Corsano never ceases to be profoundly affirmative and imposing of his language, and being an absolute and charismatic virtuoso, he simultaneously is one of the most noble and generous improvisers of the few last decades. /music WEIRD FIELDS Four friends (two Food People, two Krupps) trying to fan the flames of a precious madness. Tuesday 28th May 7:30pm @thechapelnottingham @theangelmicrobrewery #jazz #alternative #psychedelic #avantrock #nottinghammusic #livemusicnottingham #nottslive #nottingham #nottinghamindependents #notts

SACCATA QUARTET is Nels Cline, Chris Corsano, Darin Gray & Glenn Kotche. New album Septendecim out 28th on We Jazz Records, live debut 30th June @solidsoundfest first sounds & preorder available now via wejazzrecords.bandcamp.com

Chris Corsano working on his string drum technique, on a snare drum he’s rigged up to do just that!  Chris’ sick kit skills sometimes start with assembly itself - how better to get in touch with your craft than to craft your kit before you play it? This technique and TONS more on Chris’ 6/28/24 release The Key (Became the Important Thing [and Then Just Faded Away])! Listen to the first single, “I Don’t Have Missions” and pre-order your copy now, link in bio!