CST177 FYEAR | FYEAR CST096 but buoyant freedom through conduction

but buoyant freedom through conduction of circulatory energies

and shimmering electronic tracers that set the stage for the album’s closing song: the devastating choral composition “until all are free”

Every drum pushes air

The hugely acclaimed Chapter One: Gens de couleur libres was the culmination of two years of regular visits to Montréal and featured fifteen musicians assembled from that city's out-jazz

CST177 FYEAR | FYEAR CST096 but buoyant freedom through conductionFYEAR is a power octet led by composer Jason Sharp and poet writer Kaie Kellough, fusing spoken word voices with genre bending compositions for electronics, two drummers, processed saxophone, pedal steel and violins. FYEAR melds drone, modern chamber, out jazz, ambient metal, post hardcore, avant rock and electroacoustic maximalism in an integrated work the opposite of collage or pastiche; it always sounds like a wholly unified ensemble aesthetic.