Track Listings (8) - Disc #1| All Artists: Free Zen Society Title: The Free Zen Society Members Wishing: 0 Total Copies: 0 Label: Thirsty Ear Original Release Date: 1/1/2007 Re-Release Date: 2/20/2007 Genres: Jazz, Special Interest, Pop Styles: Avant Garde & Free Jazz, Experimental Music Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 700435717725 |
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The Free Zen Society rose out of the ashes of a somewhat mystical recording session at the appropriately named studio, Sorcerer Sound. Under the direction of Peter Gordon, founder of Thirsty Ear and executive producer of t... more » |
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Product Description The Free Zen Society rose out of the ashes of a somewhat mystical recording session at the appropriately named studio, Sorcerer Sound. Under the direction of Peter Gordon, founder of Thirsty Ear and executive producer of the Blue Series, three highly combustible new music players gathered to generate source material with nothing more than a few graphic indicators that had been discussed between Peter Gordon and Matthew Shipp. However, what was not typical was the turn of events which de-rooted the normally multifaceted players. Fire and brimstone was replaced by passion and composure. Melodies sprinkled through the air with effortless waves of expression. That was the year 2003. The recording sat for two years before anyone had a sense of what to do with it. Re-enter Peter Gordon. Slowly over a period of two years, he shaped, cajoled, and messaged what was captured that day into a larger atmospheric soundscape. Using a multitude of keyboards, effects and razor sharp editing skills, Gordon completed the unknown mission Shipp/Parker/Parkins were embarking on. It was about the formation of the Free Zen Society, a project were nothingness is everythingness. It is within the willingness to cease being us, we become one. Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsAvant-jarre Jan P. Dennis | Monument, CO USA | 02/21/2007 (3 out of 5 stars) "Remember Jean-Michel Jarre, hawker of New-Agey, synth-drenched, nineties mush-music? Well, what if he linked up with some outish, NY downtown dudes (and dudette)?
You'd get The Free Zen Society. After trying my best to struggle through the syrupy soundscape purveyed by Peter Gordon (I thought his music worked better as Peter and Gordon, part of the sixties British Invasion), I finally came to the conclusion that said Mr. Gordon, founder of Thirsty Ear and executive producer of the Blue Series, must be largely responsible for the debacle that's descended on this once-fine enterprise. Apparently, the musical mush contained herein sat in the vaults for two years, sadly achieving no mystical maturation, as will a fine Belgian beer. It should have been left there. But the ever-intrepid Mr. Gordon saw fit to exhume the fitful ruminations contained herein and overlay them, albeit ineptly, with his own fevered synth washes and other electronic exotica. Me, I've just about given up on Thirsty Ear, what with the string of sad recordings recently released, such as the clunker by Scotty Hard. I'll give 'em one more chance, but they'd better get their act together soon and stop fleecing consumers with musical refuse, or they'll lose whatever creds they've garnered over the last half-decade or so. By the way. I seem to have encountered a hiccup in my once-sunny dispositioned reviewing approach: more negative reviews than positive in my last handful. But, hopefully, all that will change and I'll return to my more typical slavishly cheerful mien in the next batch." |
