MSs07e02 – Lauries 2020

NOTES: First jam for 2020, and the first time as a quartet with Greg since June! The guys asked me not to include the first track (it’s long and searching and wiggy – we were really just warming up – took us half an hour – I actually think there are some diamonds in the rough). The remaining four tracks are pretty steady and connected and give us a chance to explore some of our new toys!

TRACKS:

1. [25:21] (untitled)
   DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS 😉
2. [12:14] Doing Something Different
3. [02:31] Journey to the Centre of the Earth
4. [18:14] eeee
5. [20:19] unfitbit

MUSICIANS:

• Dino Cveolatti – electric guitar
• Tim Watson – keyboard & clarinet
• Laurie Vigor – percussion
• Greg Waddel – electric bass & curtain rod

MSs07e01 Moons of Jupiter

NOTES: Something different for a night at Tim’s with just the drums, guitar & synth/sequencer. The first four tracks are reasonably solid pieces,  while the last four are a selection of snippets (I could have snipped several others but I think you get the idea)… here’s just the first four:

• Moons of Jupiter zip

TRACKS:

1. [11:42] Ganymede
2. [13:50] Callisto
3. [13:32] Io
4. [12:19] Europa
5. [6:03] Amalthea
6. [3:45] Himalia
7. [3:30] Thebe
8. [3:29] Elara

MUSICIANS:

• Dino Cveolatti – electric guitar
• Tim Watson – synth, sequencer
• Laurie Vigor – percussion, sequencer

MSs06e08

NOTES: A quiet night at Laurie’s with just the drums, guitar & piano

TRACKS:

1. [09:58] Carpet
2. [09:13] Curtains
3. [12:12] Corridor
4. [14:41] Coasters

MUSICIANS:

• Dino Cveolatti – electric guitar
• Tim Watson – piano
• Laurie Vigor – percussion

MSs06e07

NOTES: A wintery eve for some stellar wanderings at for the four of us at Tim’s

TRACKS:

1. [07:24] Milky Way
2. [11:10] Small Magellanic Cloud
3. [09:01] Large Magellanic Cloud
4. [08:43] Cul De Sac
5. [11:03] Dark Emu

MUSICIANS:

• Dino Cveolatti – electric guitar
• Tim Watson – keyboard & clarinet
• Laurie Vigor – suitcase percussion
• Greg Waddel – electric bass

MSs06e06

NOTES: First night in Tim’s new studio
1) while Laurie explains phase to Tim, Greg & I chase each other until the others join in
2) the first part of a three-part raga beginning with the drone, …
3) followed by the alap (second part) …
4) … and the third part is the raga
5) part 1 some jazzy progy noodling
6) part 2 some mathy washy jamming
7) Tim sketches an outline, some shading from Laurie and colour from Greg & I

TRACKS:

1. [07:01] 1 chase the phase
2. [09:33] 2a drone
3. [03:50] 2b alap
4. [14:48] 2c raga
5. [13:05] 3a something
6. [05:52] 3b maths
7. [08:35] 4 crickets
   Update:
   here’s an alternate recording of 2 a-c (drone alap & raga) by Tim called Nightshifters
   Also here’s a combined blended mix with both sets of microphones etc…
   Nightshifting (drone, alap & raga)

MUSICIANS:

• Dino Cveolatti – electric guitar
• Tim Watson – keyboard & clarinet
• Laurie Vigor – suitcase percussion
• Greg Waddel – electric & curtain-rod bass

MSs06e05

NOTES: After another long break we happened to be free on the same night
1) after a Miles Davis “Waterbabies” mood, it gets pretty funky in here!
2) mellow moments – a lullaby for Laurie
3) Post-funk to Post-punk meanderings – multiple morphings
4) slow subtle stirring shifters
5) Wacked-out – I imagine a disoriented 17th-century European soldier marching in battle with ever-deepening anxiety and dissociation

TRACKS:

1. [19:30] Emergence
2. [07:26] Satellite
3. [16:27] Propeller
4. [17:34] Raincheck
5. [08:12] Musketeer

MUSICIANS:

• Dino Cveolatti – electric guitar
• Tim Watson – keyboard & clarinet
• Laurie Vigor – suitcase percussion
• Greg Waddel – electric & curtain-rod bass

Tims

NOTES: After a long break we happened to be free on the same night …  with Will on bass… A nice set of recordings, particularly 1&2; 1) an upbeat vamp with an interesting riffy twist about midway, 2) a meandering exploration of contrasting forms (starts slow and visits some very different places), 3) a faux-jazz Klezmeresque fusion, 4) Fugal Blues (my favourite of the evening) steady flowing lamenting

TRACKS:

1. [12:10] Go to bed
2. [19:51] My brothers
3. [09:00] Kinder
4. [09:25] Fugal Blues

MUSICIANS:

• Dino Cveolatti – electric guitar
• Tim Watson – keyboard, piano & clarinet
• Laurie Vigor – suitcase percussion
• Will Henderson – electric & upright bass

MSs06e06 – Steps

NOTES: Another make-shift Make-Shift with a Make-Shift evening at Step & Lucy’s. Lots more instruments and players for a casual night of communication (only recorded half of the evening)… Links to individual files below or download zip folder here!

TRACKS

1. 01 Message (9:18)
2. 02 Signal (17:39)
3. 03 Sender-Receiver (19:34)
4. 04 Exchange (23:03)

MUSICIANS:

• Dino Cveolatti – electric guitar
• Tim Watson – keyboard & clarinet
• Laurie Vigor – percussion & keyboard
• Will Henderson – electric & upright bass
• Step Forbes – electric guitar
• Lucy Mow – piano & keyboards
• Christian Alexander – keyboards
• Stuart Bird – incidental percusion

 

MSs06e05 – Walmer

NOTES: An unexpected evening hosted by a generous Christian on a gorgeous property out back of Walmer, missing Greg but added Step & Will for a casual jam on a range of pieces including some ‘songs’ (they probably have real names given to them by the people that wrote them originally …?)

TRACKS:

• 01 Ruthless (9:04)
• 02 Insane (17:40)
• 03 All the ones I know (4:19)
• 04 Three Chords and the Truth (7:47)
• 05 You Start (6:06)
• 06  I Don’t Know Why (4:45)
• 07 Big Jet Plane (11:59)

MUSICIANS:

• Dino Cevolatti – Guitar
• Laurie Vigor – Percussion, Keyboard (3)
• Tim Watson – Clarinet, Keyboard
• Will Henderson – Upright Bass (1, 3-7)
• Step Forbes – Acoustic Guitar & Voice (4, 6, 7), Upright Bass (2)

MSs06e04

NOTES: At Tim’s another set of “start from silence” pieces … when I listened back I felt they had a somewhat cosmic outlook (or that they just seemed to keep rolling around in space)…

TRACKS:

• 01 Sun (20:50)
• 02 Moon (8:56)
• 03 Mercury (12:55)
• 04 Venus (8:41)
• 05 Mars (24:40)

MUSICIANS:

• Dino Cevolatti – Guitar
• Laurie Vigor – Percussion
• Tim Watson – Clarinet, Piano
• Greg Waddell – Bass, Curtain Rod