Wed Nov 11 '09 11:48 am
Extended Vacation- Pitchfork Review- 8.0
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Fri Nov 6 '09 11:59 am
Agitated Atmosphere: On Fillmore - Extended Vacation
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Wed Oct 28 '09 12:04 pm
New York Times Review- "Extended Vacation"
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OnFillmore
Formed in the Summer of 2000, after performing together with Jim O’Rourke at the Melt Down Festival in London, acoustic upright bass and percussion duo ON FILLMORE creates original music that incorporates field recordings. Bassist Darin Gray and drummer Glenn Kotche recently completed their 4th full-length album, Extended Vacation, which covers new territory for the experimental pair. The album is both a continuation and departure from their previous work, taking the listener to exotic sonic locations - both real and imagined - resulting in music that is peerless in contemporary composition.
The band’s first record was a limited edition improvised album accompanied by a companion record of individual compositions. However, their first record of songs, a self-titled LP (released on Quakebasket in 2001) consisted of highly disciplined song structure to reflect a new breed of elastic...
