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Mind Maintenance
''Mind Maintenance'' is an album by the duo of the same name, featuring Joshua Abrams (musician), Joshua Abrams on guimbri and Chad Taylor (drummer), Chad Taylor on mbira. It was released on vinyl in 2021 by the Drag City (record label), Drag City label. Prior to the recording of the album, Abrams and Taylor, both multi-instrumentalists, had been playing together for over 25 years in ensembles such as Abrams' Natural Information Society, Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra, and Sam Prekop's band. The album is unusual in that it pairs two instruments that originated in different parts of Africa, and that have no common repertoire, resulting in music that is derived from the distinctive sound of the instruments themselves. Reception In an article for ''DownBeat'', Daniel Margolis wrote: "By limiting themselves to these two ancient acoustic instruments, they exhibit brilliant use of space. You practically feel like you're in the room with them as their tools buzz and pulse togeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Abrams (musician)
Joshua Abrams is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist who plays the double bass and guimbri. Career While living in Philadelphia in the late 1980s, Abrams was a member of Square Roots, a street music group that developed into The Roots. He moved to Evanston, Illinois in 1991, and played in Chicago house bands for several years before forming Town & Country in 1998 with Ben Vida, Liz Payne, and Jim Dorling. Abrams was the house bass player at Fred Anderson's Velvet Lounge and for several years he played a weekly club date with Tortoise's John Herndon and Jeff Parker. He was a member of Mike Reed's Loose Assembly and Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Ensemble. In 2003, he played bass on Godspeed You! Black Emperor's album '' Yanqui U.X.O.''. He has worked as a studio musician on recordings made in Chicago, such as Jandek's ''Chicago Wednesday;'' Bonnie "Prince" Billy's '' Beware'' and albums from Chicago musicians such as Joan of Arc, David Grubbs, and Sam Prekop. In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |