Ehnahre - Taming the cannibals

Ryan McGuire - Bass, Double Bass, Vocals, Percussion (Kayo Dot)
John Carchia - Guitar, Vocals (Kayo Dot)
Ricardo Donoso - Drums

Other contributors :

Jonah Jenkins - Vocals (Only Living Witness, Raw Radar War, Milligram, Miltown)
Forbes Graham - Trumpet (Kayo Dot, XthoughtstreamsX)
Greg Kelley - Trumpet (Nmperign, Heathen Shame)
Greg Massi - Guitar (Baliset, Maudlin of the Well/Kayo Dot)
Noell Dorsey - Vocals
C. Spencer Yeh - Violin


Hey, it's written "others", no ? Ehnahre is other. Ok, metal, brutal, but other.

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Greg Kelley & Jason Lescalleet - Forlorn Green

Greg Kelley: trumpet
Jason Lescalleet: tape loops, computer

The Wire, Dan Warburton
The press release is disingenuous in describing "Forlorn Green" as "lo-fi": even if Jason Lescalleet's work involves tapeloops using cheap recording gear and "trashed" speakers, his digital reworking and mastering is painstakingly perfectionist ­ and perfect. Recorded in four different locations in the Boston area (a church, a gallery, an art school and the local Twisted Village record store) and crafted in Lescalleet's studio with what can only be described as loving care, the sonic alchemy of this work is breathtaking. Almost all the material was sourced from Greg Kelley's extraordinary trumpet playing, recorded onto microcassettes and morphed by Lescalleet into soundscapes that will have you pinching yourself in disbelief ­ is it a double bass? A contrabass clarinet? A foghorn? A helicopter? Though predominantly slow moving and spacious, there's nothing chilled-out and soporific here ­ instead a fantastic attention on the part of the musicians to details not only of structure and timbre, but also (rare these days) pitch. This is the new musique spectrale ­ describing it as "improvised music" is strictly untrue, and moreover fails to do justice to Lescalleet's meticulous montage. There's a truly three-dimensional sense of depth to the mix (Giacinto Scelsi's idea of spherical sound comes to mind), and even if these guys can tear it up when they want to ­ witness Kelley's scorching work on Paul Flaherty's "The Ilya Tree" (Boxholder) and Lescalleet's teeth-grinding noisefests with Ron Lessard in Due Process ­ that violence is here channelled into something quiet but equally intense. There are occasional disturbing moments ­ the jack-jerking flutters and growls of "Tight Spot" ­ but the final exquisite "Autumn Leaves", with its slowly pulsing distant drones is as rich and dark as Audrey Lescalleet's gorgeous cover art. Quite simply outstanding.

2001 FORLORN GREEN

Greg Kelley - Trumpet

Greg Kelley: trumpet

From Aural Innovations #15 (April 2001)

"Trumpet" is just that... a series of solo trumpet tracks in which Kelley's focus seems to be on the sounds the instrument can produce and how they can be manipulated. In some ways this reminds me a lot of what so many experimental electronic musicians have done, and indeed this is mighty abstract stuff. Several times I had to adjust the volume, both up and down, to either hear the almost voiceless parts or protect myself from brain-splitting tones. Wind, fuzz, breathing techniques, whimsical runs... Kelley runs his instrument through a series of sonic calisthenics that come across as a primer for trumpet sounds and effects. And speaking of effects, I listened closely and while it sounds like electronics are employed in spots I suspect there are none. I'd guess he's combining breathing with muting devices and methods. This is an interesting, if difficult, work and its value strikes me more as being a demonstration of the possibilities for a larger work in combination with other musicians. Kelley's web site indicates he's worked with musicians as diverse as Anthony Braxton and Keiji Haino. I'd be interested to hear the result of a teamup with some electronic musicians.

2000 TRUMPET

Nmperign + Dörner, Beins

Bhob Rainey: soprano saxophone
Greg Kelley: trumpet
Axel Dörner: trumpet
Burkhard Beins: percussion

2002 NMPERIGN + DORNER, BEINS
NMPERIGN INTERVIEWED by stylus magazine

Nmperign - Ommatidia

NMPERIGN:
Bhob Rainey: soprano saxophone
Greg Kelley: trumpet

2009 OMMATIDIA
Review

C. Spencer Yeh, Paul Flaherty and Greg Kelley - New York Nuts & Boston Beans

Paul Flaherty: alto & tenor saxophone
C. Spencer Yeh: violin, voice
Greg Kelley: trumpet (tracks 4-5)

Last seen caterwauling righteously alongside drummer extraordinaire Chris Corsano, C. Spencer Yeh (violin) teams up with regular sparring partner Paul Flaherty (sax) for some more freeform excursions towards the outer limits. This time around trumpeter and all-round noisenik Greg Kelley joins in, making for a surprisingly addictive combination of timbres, often merging into one another and becoming incredibly difficult to distinguish from one another. These three standout voices from the American improv scene have made a seriously stunning album here, blending unexpected moments of lyrical musicality into the grisly melting pot of atavistic exclamations, screeching instrumental timbres and occasional primal vocal excursions. Heavy going, no doubt, but fans of contemporary free-jazz and general far-out improv will quite rightly lap this up in a big way.

2009 NEW YORK NUTS & BOSTON BEANS
Review