"I'd say expect great things, but they're already happening. Magic brother shit has arrived." - Tom Burris, Free Jazz Blog
"Both Will Escape is the debut full-length between electric guitarist Tashi Dorji and percussionist Tyler Damon. In the long tradition of string/drum duets -- from Bailey & Bennink to Haino & Yoshida -- these two cleave out their own unmapped continent of sound. Across four pieces they connect lashes of ecstatic intensity and outer reaches of texture and timbre. At times Dorji's brutal electric torrents meld into Damon's metal and tonal abstractions.
These two developed in parallel for years before forging an ongoing duo in 2015. Dorji has released a string of startling acoustic albums that've rescrambled six-string notions of jazz/improv/Flamenco. Damon's rethink of overtone and rhythm is enraptured as it's stupefying in solo exhibitions or with Mars Williams, Darin Gray and Thee Open Sex."
Improvisations recorded at Patrick Kukucka's home, Asheville, NC, July 8th, 2015. Mixed at Magnetic South, Bloomington, IN.
Tashi thanks Tyler, Patrick Kukucka, Eric Weddle & Family Vineyard.
Tyler thanks Rachel Maudlin, Patrick, Eric, John, Tashi & Meredith.
Drums/Percussion - Tyler Damon
Electric Guitar - Tashi Dorji
Recorded by Patrick Kukucka, Hi Z lo z
Mixed by John Dawson, Magnetic South
Vinyl mastered by Jason Ward, Chicago Mastering
Layout by Eric Weddle
Front cover photo by Tyler Damon
Back cover drawing by Jim Holyoak
Mastered by Taylor Deupree, 12K
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Two masters who have gone far beyond free improv cliches and tropes to reach a space where the exploration sounds totally relaxed and natural, even at its most intense. This music makes me feel reassured, in safe hands, and joyful. Giles
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