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Elevation is a collaborative album by musicians Tim Daisy, Rafael Toral, and Mars Williams, released in 2019 on Relay Recordings. The album features three long-form tracks and is a studio recording of an improvised session.
Track Listing
The album consists of three songs with a total duration of approximately 36 minutes:
Stratus (14:53)
Cirrus (9:41)
Altostratus (12:11)
Personnel and Instrumentation
The musicians contribute to a unique experimental and free jazz sound:
Mars Williams: Saxophones, toys, and busted-up autoharp
Rafael Toral: Feedback, modified amplifiers, and electrode oscillator
Tim Daisy: Drums, percussion, and radio
Production
The album was recorded by Alex Inglizian at The Experimental Sound Studio in Chicago, Illinois, on September 16, 2017. It was released digitally and as a limited edition CD of 300 copies.
Style
Reviewers have described the music as improvised and experimental, creating a dynamic soundscape that blurs the lines between instruments and noise. The interaction between Toral's electronics and Williams' saxophones, supported by Daisy's percussive foundation, results in music that is "melodic without notes, rhythmic with no beat, familiar but strange".