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Artist......: Steve Dawson & Funeral Bonsai Wedding
Album.......: Last Flight Out
Label.......: KSE
Genre.......: Folk
Catnr.......:
Source......: CDR
Rip.date....: 2021-02-27
Str.date....: 2020-05-08
Quality.....: 690 kbps avg / 44.1kHz / 2 channels
Url.........: http://stevedawsonmusic.com
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1. Last Flight Out 3:21
2. Mastodons 5:18
3. However Long It Takes 6:05
4. Parapluie de Roebke 0:34
5. The Monkey Mind Is On The Prowl 7:43
6. While We Were Staring Into Our Palms 3:03
7. It's Not What You Think 4:33
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,: The idea of FUNERAL BONSAI WEDDING came to Steve Dawson while :,
: riding a bus in his hometown of Chicago. Every day he passed a :
:' florist with three windows, each with a sign. ôFuneral,ö read ':
,: one. ôBonsai,ö another. ôWedding,ö read the last. :,
: :
:' However random, Dawson realized the words sounded natural when ':
,: put together, much like the group that would share its title. :,
: Indeed, when FUNERAL BONSAI WEDDING released its self-titled :
:' debut album in 2014, the collaboration appeared like it ':
,: shouldnÆt work. As the songwriter-singer behind Dolly Varden, an :,
: acclaimed Americana band from Chicago, DawsonÆs roots are :
:' country and soul. He is joined by three Chicago jazz musicians ':
,: ù vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz, drummer Charles Rumback and :,
: bassist Jason Roebke ù known for their inventiveness on :
:' ChicagoÆs legendary free jazz scene, having participated in ':
,: projects with people like Ken Vandermark, Ryley Walker, Thurston :,
: Moore, Nicole Mitchell, Jeff Parker, and Nels Cline, among many :
:' others. ':
,: :,
: Put together, the music of FUNERAL BONSAI WEDDING is unlike all :
:' of the above. On Last Flight Out, every sound is inverted: ':
,: AdasiewiczÆs vibes serve as the lead instrument, DawsonÆs voice :,
: often leads to chants, and Rumback and Roebke shift time to move :
:' the music to side pockets as they move it forward. The closest ':
,: comparison to the ephemeral blissed-out melodies is Van :,
: MorrisonÆs epic Astral Weeks, which aims for transcendence amid :
:' ordinariness. To reach those otherworldly heights, Dawson had ':
,: to invert the process he was conditioned to within the context :,
: of a rock band. :
:' ':
,: ôItÆs all about the energy,ö says Dawson of the groupÆs sound. :,
: ôThe way these musicians approach music is really different than :
:' the way most rock bands approach music. ItÆs about timing and ':
,: the way they listen and respond to each other. Things are :,
: looser. ThereÆs more spontaneity. In rock bands you learn a song :
:' and play it basically the same way. With these guys we nail ':
,: down the basic structure but within that structure you have a :,
: lot of freedom.ö :
:' ':
,: The musicians first played together in 2005 at ChicagoÆs Elastic :,
: Arts, a hothouse for experimental jazz. ôIt felt like I was :
:' floating,ö Dawson remembers. That performance led to the group ':
,: defining its sound in the studio and conducting a handful of :,
: shows including its debut at Constellation, a free jazz :
:' performance space and a summer performance at the Pritzker ':
,: Pavilion in ChicagoÆs Millennium Park. After pausing for a few :,
: years, Dawson invited Funeral Bonsai Wedding to join him for a :
:' 2017 residency at the Hideout. By then original drummer Frank ':
,: Rosaly had relocated to Amsterdam and was replaced by Charles :,
: Rumback. They were joined by Quartet Parapluie, an all-female :
:' classical string ensemble whose members have also moonlighted ':
,: for groups like Belle and Sebastian, Iron & Wine, and Kanye :,
: West. :
:' ':
,: Afterward, everyone on stage knew what they needed to do next: :,
: Make a record and expand the scope of what FUNERAL BONSAI :
:' WEDDING could become. ':
,: :,
: This time out, Jason Roebke played a bigger role in writing the :
:' string arrangements to accompany DawsonÆs songs, enhancing them ':
,: in ways that made even the most downcast lyrics glow with :,
: beauty. ôJason added to the meaning of the songs. ItÆs pretty :
:' incredible. I had been playing with him for many years, but it ':
,: shows me heÆs paying attention to the full songs ù not just his :,
: part, but the whole picture,ö Dawson says. ôItÆs really :
:' wonderful.ö ':
,: :,
: By shedding traditional song structures, and inspired by the :
:' open space created by his new collaborators, Dawson found ':
,: himself gravitating towards more impressionistic lyrics, which :,
: happened to fit the surrealistic world that emerged since the :
:' last record. Those details creep into Last Flight Out through ':
,: lyrics and moods that hover on the edge of both hope and :,
: despondency ù A state that reflects the everyday news cycle. :
:' ôThe songs go unexpected places,ö Dawson says. ôI let my ':
,: imagination go where it will. I didnÆt try to confirm it to a :,
: traditional narrative.ö :
:' ':
,: The first thought had to be best thought since LAST FLIGHT OUT :,
: was recorded in a single day at Kingsize Sound Labs in Chicago :
:' with John Abbey at the controls. The band was fresh from a ':
,: headlining performance at Constellation and wanted to capture :,
: that energy in just a few hours. :
:' ':
,: For Dawson, the magic of FUNERAL BONSAI WEDDING comes from that :,
: blind trust. If Dawson hadnÆt seen that florist window, if he :
:' hadnÆt agreed on a lark to improvise on a stage heÆd never ':
,: played, if he hadnÆt decided to put his songs in the hands of :,
: musicians he barely knew at the time ù He would have been stuck. :
:' ':
,: FUNERAL BONSAI WEDDING is the sound of starting over and not :,
: knowing whatÆs next until it happens. :
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