Nat Baldwin - In the Hollows - VINYL LP

Can you satisfy God with one sound? This question was repeatedly posed to Lachlan Skipworth by his shakuhachi teacher during a three-year period of intensive study in Japan. It sparked a deep exploration of cross-cultural aesthetics that finds expression in this self-titled Navona Records album. At the beginning of each shakuhachi lesson, student and master begin by repeatedly playing a single note on the end-blown bamboo flute. This focuses their minds on core questions of technique Inchhave I made progress? Am I closer to mastery of this, shakuhachi's most fundamental note?Inch A focus on fundamentals permeates this collection of chamber works composed by Skipworth, a rising star in Australian contemporary music. In the first moments of the Clarinet Quintet, listeners are drawn into his unique sound world with it's cascade of angular string entries. Against this, the round cool tone of the main clarinet line articulates, expanding slowly from a single note into the beautiful and at times dramatic melodic line. It sets the scene for the rest of the album, which includes works that reflect traits of the shakuhachi's honkyoku repertoire; a palindromic reverse-canon evoking Reichian phasing; propulsive, Shostakovich-esque melodies; and meditative explorations in using silence as texture that is indebted to the principles of classical Japanese aesthetics. There may not be an answer to whether God can be satisfied with one sound. Listeners, however, will be drawn into Skipworth's innovative and singular musical language in this meditative and original collection of works.

BROADCASTER is the debut full length from Chicago's Triple Fast Action. It was originally recorded in 1995 and released in 1996 by Capitol Records as a CD and a promotional 3x10Inch. 28 years later, we're elated to reissue the album as a gatefold 2xLP with seven bonus tracks from the original recording session.

Vinyl LP pressing. In 2008 double bassist/singer/songwriter Nat Baldwin released Most Valuable Player, an album that led Pitchfork to say Inchhe brings fierce performances to these polished compositions.Inch Now five years later, Western Vinyl is proud to be releasing the original demos from Most Valuable Player, which were recorded in 2005 and 2006. After studying avant-garde jazz and improvisation with jazz legend Anthony Braxton, Nat Baldwin started writing songs featuring double bass and vocals.