Grind Halts, by Lisa Cay Miller/Vicky Mettler/Raphaël Foisy-Couture

Grind Halts

by Lisa Cay Miller/Vicky Mettler/Raphaël Foisy-Couture

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Mighttheone There is the naturalness, the way these sounds are not referential, these are not metaphorical, there is no need to worry of origin and technique, it is. Beautiful. Favorite track: As it Spins.

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	1.	The Halting 07:57
	2.	Of a Grind 06:24
	3.	As it Falls 03:43
	4.	Lower 07:16
	5.	As it Spins 08:07
	6.	Faster 03:43
	7.	All the Time 01:21
	8.	The Same 03:35

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This set of improvised pieces is made up of Montréalers Raphaël Foisy-Couture (bass), Vicky Mettler (guitar), and Vancouverite Lisa Cay Miller (piano). There's a relaxed atmosphere among the trio, despite seemingly disparate elements that swing and play with a tight cohesion; networked fistulas convey and receive. Along with their industriousness, this keeps their music light and exploratory, appealingly collectively-minded throughout. Miller only occasionally breaks out into fitful knots of block chords, her and Foisy's slyly executed extended techniques keep flowing a steady variety of sounds, and Mettler's crafty instrumental resourcefulness (as in the prismatic folk of her project Kee Avil) results in a deeply pleasing group improvisation that often feels wonderfully domestic.

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Michael Rosenstein/Dusted
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Alex Pelchat/Mes Enceintes Font Défaut
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Frans de Warrd/Vital Weekly
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released July 27, 2020

Lisa Cay Miller - piano
Vicky Mettler - guitar
Raphaël Foisy-Couture - upright bass

Recording and mixing by Zachary Scholes, Montréal QC

Mastered by Branic Howard, Portland OR
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Artwork by Raphaël Foisy-Couture
Layout and inner drawing by E. Lindorff-Ellery
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Letterpress printed by Small Fires Press, New Orleans
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Notice Recordings Kingston, New York

Notice Recordings started in Chicago in 2009. We are now based in Kingston, NY, and Columbia, MO. We release experimental and contemporary sound works. Notice Recordings is run by Evan Lindorff-Ellery (NY) and Travis Bird (MO).

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