here i am no i [Blue Marbled LP]

Patrick Shiroishi & Jason Nazary - here i am no i [Blue Marbled LP]

Saxophonist Patrick Shiroishi and drummer Jason Nazary present their new album, here i am no i. It is a free-flowing body of work with continuous forward-motion, building on the acoustic duo setting and expanding with electronics and voice, landing somewhere beyond genre. Dedicated to Jaimie Branch, the album is a spontaneous product of trying to come to terms with the unimaginable loss of a close friend. The seven tracks included on the album echo the organic process and the emotional necessity for this music to exist. From the searching mood set by opener "self portrait against blue," everything feels very live while also adding sonic layers to build a sound space beyond the usual sax/drums duo setting. Listeners familiar with the two artists' previous work find natural entry points in the electro-acoustic scope of the album, while discovering possibilities brought on by this specific new setting. There's a "tone poem" quality to the music, one which feels devotional without any obvious references to "spiritual" musical cornerstones.

Patrick Shiroishi is a Japanese-American multi-instrumentalist, composer and poet based in Los Angeles. He is a member of hardcore punk band The Armed, contemporary classical group Wild Up and ambient jazz band Fuubutsushi. Shiroishi has guested on records by Chelsea Wolfe, Xiu Xiu, Emma Ruth Rundle, By Storm, Yellow Eyes, Lia Kohl, Water Damage, Big Brave, Agriculture, and Dirty Projectors, plus more. His solo work has appeared on labels such as Sub Pop, Touch, American Dreams and Otherly Love.

Jason Nazary is a Brooklyn-based drummer and producer, whose work has previously appeared on the We Jazz label on the solo album Spring Collection and on New Monuments by Amirtha Kidambi's Elder Ones. His early projects include the influential noise jazz group Little Women, and anteloper, an electro-acoustic duo with the late Jaimie Branch. He currently performs regularly with Amirtha Kidambi's Elder Ones, Helado Negro, Darius Jones, as well as solo and his own groups, the improvising avant hip-hop quartet WRENS, and the duo with Saint Abdullah.

The LP comes as a blue marbled edition with insert. The album artwork is based on images by American photographer and film director Trevor Naud.

Track Listing:

01. self portrait against blue (3:33)
02. another true story (4:12)
03. lovesong of the square root of negative one (3:25)
04. black on dark sienna on purple (5:58)
05. dots (3:16)
06. endless skyway (2:50)
07. approach of the horizon (8:54)