Abstract Playgrounds

Release Date: 30th Mar 2018
Catalogue No: EAR020
Label: Earshift Music
Length: 43 minutes

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Reuben Lewis: (Outtakes from The)

Work length5:03

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Reuben Lewis: Snake Charmers' Convention

Work length6:11

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Reuben Lewis: Shithead

Work length10:26

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Reuben Lewis: (Intakes from The) Snake Charmers

Work length5:11

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Reuben Lewis: Deleuzian Lawn Bowls

Work length2:08

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Reuben Lewis: Forest Song

Work length3:20

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Reuben Lewis: Afro 1

Work length1:41

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Reuben Lewis: Afro 2

Work length2:38

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Reuben Lewis: Time with Black Water

Work length3:52

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Reuben Lewis: Remember What We Said

Work length2:37

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Melbourne psychedelic jazz collective I Hold the Lion's Paw present their debut studio album, 'Abstract Playgrounds'.

Led by trumpeter-composer Reuben Lewis, I Hold the Lion's Paw (IHTLP) is an eight-piece collective that features some of Melbourne's most exciting musicians. The music is born out of an organic cross-over of afro-beat, jazz and outré electronics. Expect to hear as much as electro-acoustic noise, slowly evolving soundtracks, afro-beat inspired grooves and psychedelic free jazz.

The album was produced by Reuben Lewis and edited by sound-artist Mark Shepherd, who assembled a day of live jamming in the studio to prepare material that would later be dissected, abstracted and re-composed into a single-take long-form improvisation and an electro-acoustic remix. Originally conceived as an LP in two chapters, side A is an unedited studio take performed without any pre-planned structure or set-list. Side B reimagines the IHTLP concept through an interconnected series of electro-acoustic pieces.

Lewis says of the music; "I have always wanted to develop a band that could traverse any of the sound worlds I inhabit, and to go one further, bring these worlds together in a way that enables a constantly evolving dialogue through improvisation. Abstract Playgrounds is a voyeuristic glimpse into the development of the IHTLP concept and the first of many musical chapters to come."

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