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SML – Small Medium Large
SML
Small Medium Large
Label: International Anthem Recording Company
Catalog Number: IARC0085
Released: 2024
The spiritual continuation of Jeff Parker’s Mondays at The Enfield Tennis Academy, Small Medium Large is the debut album from SML, a new LA-based quintet featuring luminaries from Los Angeles’s thriving improvised music scene: bassist Anna Butterss (Jason Isbell, Phoebe Bridgers, Makaya McCraven, Daniel Villarreal), synthesist Jeremiah Chiu (Ariel Kalma, Marta Sofia Honer, Icy Demons), saxophonist Josh Johnson (Meshell Ndegeocello, Leon Bridges, Carlos Niño), percussionist Booker Stardrum (Amirtha Kidambi, Lisel, Lee Ranaldo, Patrick Shiroishi) and guitarist Gregory Uhlmann (Sam Wilkes, Meg Duffy, Perfume Genius). Recorded live over two separate nights at Highland Park’s lost experimental music venue ETA, the album recalls Teo Macero’s legendary post-recording editing/chopping/re-arranging techniques used on classic Miles Davis electric period albums (On The Corner, Bitches Brew and Live Evil). The sound of the album lies somewhere between krautrock and free jazz with Chiu’s modular synthesizer wizardry providing a foundation for the instrumentalists’ to groove and improvise.
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Tags: Free Jazz / Fusion / Krautrock / Now Sound
Tracklist:
A1 Rubber Tree Dance
A2 Industry
A3 Herbie for Commercials
A4 Search Bar Hi Hat
A5 Window Sill Song
A6 Switchboard Operations
A7 Soft Sand
B1 Three Over Steel
B2 Chasing Brain
B3 History Of Communication
B4 Feed The Birds
B5 Greg’s Melody
B6 Dolphin Language
Credits:
Artwork – Miranda Javid
Composed By, Compiled By, Edited By, Overdubbed By – SML
Drums, Percussion, Organ – Booker Stardrum
Electric Bass – Anna Butterss
Engineer, Recorded By – Bryce Gonzales
Guitar, Effects – Gregory Uhlmann
Mastered By – David Allen
Mixed By – Dave Vettraino, SML
Photography By – Brian Guido
Producer – Jeremiah Chiu, SML
Saxophone, Electronics – Josh Johnson
Sequenced By – SML, Scott McNiece
Synthesizer, Samples [Live-sampling], Percussion [Auxiliary], Organ, Design – Jeremiah Chiu
