Boojum, by Ditto

Boojum

by Ditto

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Andrulian It's experimental, avant-garde and a bit bonkers at times but there's a strong jazz vibe and superb arrangements that give a great coherency and musical quality to this album.

There's a very strong rhythmic / percussive element that forms the backbone of many of the songs. These sounds are often unusual but excellently used and the arrangements are often sparse but perfectly done to allow each sound its own space.

full review: wp.me/p2ZLkE-3n2 Favorite track: PMfE pt. 1.

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1.	Suite: Immunity - The Big Squeeze, Arabesque, The Damn Bop, Tickled Pink 10:55	buy track
2.	Ghanjama 04:02	buy track
3.	'Air' from Porch Music from Earth 05:30	buy track
4.	Passing Phase 05:37	buy track
5.	Quarker 02:34	buy track
6.	PMfE pt. 1 09:30	buy track
7.	PMfE pt. 2 04:30	buy track
8.	War Pump 04:06	buy track
9.	Houston, Over 05:27	buy track

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And here we have a compilation of Charles Ditto's zaniest works, compositions that manage to be both effervescent and earnest, goofy yet heartfelt. Some tracks, such as the suite "Immunity" or part one of "Porch Music from Earth" (PMfE pt. 1), balance the minimalist with the maximalist, teeming with scattered riffs and strains while still finding moments to retreat from the frenzy and find space to breathe and swoon. Others, such as "Ghanjama" and "Passing Phase", bounce along eagerly, deconstructing and decomposing as they struggle to get every single thought or idea that comes to their mind out into the world. The result is a collection of tracks that not only feel cozy alongside one another, but inspired and dynamic.

Finally, my advice before diving in - sit back, relax, and most importantly, refrain from asking questions.

"It’s experimental, avant-garde and a bit bonkers at times but there’s a strong jazz vibe and superb arrangements that give [Boojum] great coherency and musical quality."
- Andrulian's Blog

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released July 5, 2019

Music by Charles Ditto
www.charlesditto.com

Art and Design by Stella Murphy
stellamurphy.co.uk

Mastered for Compilation by Brandon Snyder

Track Credits:

1. Suite: Immunity (‘The Big Squeeze’; ‘Arabesque’; ‘The Damn Bop’; ‘Tickled Pink’) – four pieces from a score for live theater commissioned by Amherst College; written and directed by Peter Lobdell

2. Ghanjama

3. ‘Air’ from Porch Music from Earth (Porch Music from Earth is a 7-mvt. chamber work for an array of folk instruments.) The selections heard on this recording are MIDI renditions. ‘Air’ is the closing movement.

4. Passing Phase – composed for the Dance Repertory Theatre, UT/Austin

5. Quarker – originally released on TEXAS ELECTRIC (DIT-0102)

6. PMfE*, pt. 1 (The first 4 mvts. of Porch Music from Earth: ‘The Set-Out’; ‘The Drone’; ‘The Ring Rhyme’; ‘The Thrum’)

7. PMfE, pt. 2 (The 5th mvt. of Porch Music from Earth: ‘The Humming Waltz’)

8. War Pump - originally released on TEXAS ELECTRIC (DIT-0102)

9. Houston, Over - originally released on TEXAS ELECTRIC (DIT-0102)

All music and performance by Charles Ditto except: Larry Seyer - guitar on War Pump, Rich Hardy - sax on Houston, Over, and Terri Ditto – additional sound modules on Houston, Over

All selections originally recorded at home (direct to DAT) in Austin, TX, except Quarker, War Pump, and Houston, Over: recorded at Bee Creek Studio, Spicewood, TX; Spencer Starnes, engineer

*Porch Music from Earth is a 7-mvt. chamber work for 18 folk instruments composed in 1992 in full score. Although several mvts. were performed by Steve Paxton’s group at Santa Fe U. of Art and Design, the whole piece has not been performed. These tracks are a MIDI realization of the score.

Special thanks to George Coyne and Parrot Tracks Studios, Austin, TX for repairing and revitalizing many of the old tracks on various formats.

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