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    Studio Release: Abaculus - An Improvisational Experience

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    • damian
      damian last edited by

      Just finished my first listen. Absolutely fantastic. Highs and lows, ebb and flow in the energy and a beautiful melodic finish. This will be a great introduction for new Nerds as it really showcases what the band is made of.

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      • Lopez
        Lopez @damian last edited by

        @damian the 43 minute mark onward is straight fiya. The whole thing is really remarkable and its so cool to see it build on its way from start to finish

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        • damian
          damian @Lopez last edited by

          @Chris-Ogor-Lopez Yeah, I'm going to use the word "typical" to describe the album, but I mean that in the most positive way. This sounds totally in character for the band and you definitely get the feeling that you're sitting in the studio just listening to these guys play. It's very stream of consciousness which is probably the best compliment you can lay on a jam band when they're deep in the improvisational work.

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          • myanruth
            myanruth $$$ last edited by

            First listen through finished, what an incredible piece of music. I can see why they wanted to release this.

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            • Kyle Burbank
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              I really love how it plays like an album. Peaks and valleys, ebb and flow. It seems to basically have multiple moving parts that could function as songs with some gentle segues in between. Im almost tempted to try and sort of track it out. Very cool piece of music and its pretty impressive that they have the ability to pick up their instruments one day and just pump something like this out in one take. I fucking love this band. Cant wait for October 🙂

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              • damian
                damian @Kyle Burbank last edited by

                @Kyle-Burbank Dude, that's a great idea. Maybe we can crowd source the movements and give them nicknames. 🙂

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                • Kyle Burbank
                  Kyle Burbank $ last edited by

                  @damian Thats basically what I was thinking! Like a whole new level of crowd participation

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                  • spiggy
                    spiggy last edited by

                    Think we could pick a time to do a shared listen and compare notes? Like a reddit setlist thread.

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                    • damian
                      damian @spiggy last edited by

                      @spiggy Definitely. Listening parties were an early idea for the site. Let's figure out how to make this happen. I think it's a brilliant idea and I think we should do it sooner than later... while the album is still super fresh on everybody's ears.

                      I'm going to call out to @RadiantDarkness on this one but I'm definitely here to help. Also @spiggy if you want to take the lead on organization send me a chat message. Let's figure it out.

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                      • Kyle Burbank
                        Kyle Burbank $ last edited by

                        Love the idea of a listening party guys

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                        • myanruth
                          myanruth $$$ last edited by

                          I'm definitely down for a listening party as well. @damian maybe have @phattyred play it through his Mixlr channel?

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                          • damian
                            damian @myanruth last edited by

                            @myanruth I had the same thought, although the sound quality on Mixlr always leaves something to be desired. Not sure that we've got a better option for coordinated listening though.

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                            • spiggy
                              spiggy last edited by

                              Maybe someone could stream it through YouTube or Facebook?

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                              • damian
                                damian @spiggy last edited by

                                @spiggy Maybe, though we definitely need to be conscious of copyright here. I'm sure nobody would complain about us sharing it for a listening party but I would want to make sure it isn't left there for people to listen to later. Actually, I think that Spafford was streaming it on their fbook today. I wonder if we can ask them to do it for us at a particular time. Maybe even promote it.

                                Actually, that's an excellent idea. Give me a bit and I'll see if I can coordinate this.

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                                • Lopez
                                  Lopez last edited by

                                  Would love a tracked out version of this. Was kind of hoping that's what they'd do but I can totally understand why it wasn't.

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                                  • damian
                                    damian @Lopez last edited by

                                    @Chris-Ogor-Lopez On second listen today I kept thinking of just calling them "Movements." I mean, we can't title them because that's dumb, and trying to say "Red's lead" or whatever is equally difficult. With Abaculus on in the background while coding I noticed 3 distinct Movements, but I didn't check the time on them or write it down. At this point it's still just for the listening.

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                                    • Lopez
                                      Lopez @damian last edited by

                                      @damian I agreee with that, "Chapters" was the first thing that came to my mind so they don't necessarily need proper song titles

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                                      • Andrew Hilston
                                        Andrew Hilston last edited by

                                        I loved it! An hour of straight jamming?? I'll take that any day!! They should just release something like this every year

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                                        • damian
                                          damian @Andrew Hilston last edited by

                                          @Andrew-Hilston It's a really cool concept. It isn't a show, it's studio work. But it wasn't planned or scripted. It just happened to be captured and so it could be produced. I wonder if planning it would affect creation in the future.

                                          With that said, bands like Led Zeppelin have released their "studio outtakes" which are essentially just cuts from when the tape recorder was running. If Spafford made it a point to record their rehearsals it might make for these kinds of things in the future without necessarily planning to do it.

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                                          • Galisteo_OyVey
                                            Galisteo_OyVey last edited by

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                                            play on genesis' abacab album art

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