Kyle Bruckmann Wrack - Cracked Refraction - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Wrack skirts the boundaries of an ever-evolving music tradition hovering at the crossroads of other traditions. It is both a chamber ensemble with highly unusual instrumentation and a book of compositions tailor-made for the personalities of it's members. While the compositions' melodic and contrapuntal content is reminiscent of European-American classical modernism, their modular structures and improvisational procedures are heavily indebted to the innovations of the African-American Creative Music continuum. Oboist Kyle Bruckmann founded the project in Chicago in 2002. The current members of Wrack are bass clarinetist Jason Stein, bassist Anton Hatwich, drummer Tim Daisy, and violist Jen Clare Paulson. Album Tracks 1. Exacerbator (5 45) 2. Notwithstanding (12 56) 3. Ratchetforms (9 13) 4. Fair to Middling (8 25) 5. The Dishevelator (7 13) 6. A Shambles (10 49) 7. NJBC (9 09)