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Performer: Kyoko Kitamura's Tidepool Fauna
Title: Protean Labyrinth
Country: US
Catalog Number: 002
Label: Not On Label (Kyoko Kitamura Self-released)
Released: 10 Aug 2018
Style: Avant-garde Jazz
Rating: 4.0
Votes: 043
| 1 | Push Four | 3:31 |
| 2 | No Exit | 8:35 |
| 3 | Deadbolt | 6:43 |
| 4 | Lure | 1:48 |
| 5 | Tripwire | 8:08 |
| 6 | Push One + Things We Need (Aren't All That Muchh) | 5:38 |
| 7 | Slide | 8:26 |
| 8 | Push Two | 3:18 |
Recorded Feb.15, 2018 at Bunker Studios
Lure and Deadbolt composed by Ken Filiano (BMI/FLIZMO MUSIC), Kyoko Kitamura (BMI), Ingrid Laubrock (PRS/MCPS), Dayeon Seok
Protean Labyrinth by Kyoko Kitamura, released 10 August 2018 1. Lure 2. Tripwire 3. Push Four 4. Slide 5. Deadbolt 6. No Exit 7. Push One Things We Need aren't all that much 8. Push Two Chosen as the Bandcamp Album of the Day on 81318. Fans of experimental jazz and contemporary classical music will find much to love in Kitamuras work. Comes in 5 sleeve featuring artwork by FCKNRX, screen-printed on 100 PCW recycled chipboard. Due to the nature of the recycled chipboard and printing process, each sleeve will be slightly different. CDs are replications, not duplications. Protean Labyrinth is a tunnel burrowing into the linguistic soil from which we all sprout. Its a sensation best expressed in a handful of tracks bearing the title Push. Of these, Push Four is the most emblematic, a spontaneous ramble, which, like the album as a whole, achieves coherence by virtue of its passage through. Kyoko Kitamuras Tidepool Fauna: Protean Labyrinth. December 23, 2018 Tyran Grillo. Kitamura herself might be best known for her association with Anthony Braxton, appearing in some of his Trillium opera series, as well as notably duetting over four CDs on the monumental 12 Duets DCWM 2012 New Braxton House, 2013. She brings all that know-how to bear on six of her own compositions and two collective endeavors, one of which, Lure, opens the album. The restraint shown by the participants here results in an unfettered conversation full of grace and poise, which ends on a crescendo after some spine-tingling convergence between tenor sax and voice. Listen free to Kyoko Kitamura Protean Labyrinth Lure, Tripwire and more. 8 tracks 46:07. Kitamura is a Japanese-American musician born in New York City and raised partially in Tokyo. She studied piano at the Juilliard School of Music pre-college division but later chose to become a TV reporter with Fuji Television, a national network in Japan and was based in Paris for many years as their French news correspondent. Kyoko Kitamura - voice, compositions Ingrid Laubrock - tenor saxophone Ken Filiano - bass Dayeon Seok - drums Evolving Music - 'Justice is Labyrinth. Disc IDs. Cover Art 1. Additional details. Type: Album. Packaging: None. Status: Official. Language: English. Kyoko Kitamuras quartet, Tidepool Fauna, just released their debut album Protean Labyrinth on August 10. Joined by Ingrid Laubrock on tenor saxophone, Ken Filiano on bass, and Dayeon Seok on drums, Kitamura leads the group through the eight tracks on the record with her brilliant vocalization. While the instrumentation allows for a large and full sound to be produced, the music truly feels alive and breathing through the way each member allows for there to be brief moments of silence. Vocalist Kyoko Kitamura is best known for her collaborations with Anthony Braxton, as well as her leadership role in his Tri-Centric Foundation. Thus, it can be easy to overlook her non-Braxton solo and group work, of which Protean Labyrinth is the latest example. Here, she is joined by Ingrid Laubrock on sax, Ken Filiano on bass, and Dayeon Seok on drums for eight tracks of guided improvisation. Two characteristics of the album are immediately discernable. First is Kitamuras wordless vocal approach. She rambles, scats, and shouts throughout, varying in emotion from playful to plaintive and m