{"product_id":"sam-wilkes-one-theme-subsequent-improvisation","title":"SAM WILKES - ONE THEME \u0026 SUBSEQUENT IMPROVISATION","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: LP\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: LR205\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: Jun 2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Jazz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTRACKS\u003cbr\u003eOne Theme\u003cbr\u003ePhillips\u003cbr\u003eThe Drums\u003cbr\u003eBass Arp Juno\u003cbr\u003ePretty\u003cbr\u003eChris Fishman\u003cbr\u003ePhillips 2\u003cbr\u003eRipped\u003cbr\u003eThe 3rd\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFor his sophomore full-length album, LA-based Bassist\/Producer\/Composer Sam Wilkes is prompted with ten questions from Leaving Records community mentor \u0026amp; facilitator Carlos Niño.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Carlos: Prior to gathering and setting up in the Studio\u003cbr\u003efor the Recording Sessions that this record is sculpted from,\u003cbr\u003ehow much did you talk with any of your collaborators?\u003cbr\u003eWhat did you talk about? What kind of direction,\u003cbr\u003einspiration, example, or association did you give, if any?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilkes: i told Christian Euman\u003cbr\u003e“I want to make a double drum record with you”\u003cbr\u003eThe thought had occurred to me\u003cbr\u003eafter seeing a few shows in New Orleans in 2019.\u003cbr\u003eI asked\u003cbr\u003e“If you could record it with any other drummer who would it be?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ehe responded quite instantly:\u003cbr\u003e“Greg Webster” (AKA GREG PAUL)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003etogether\u003cbr\u003ein one 4 hour session\u003cbr\u003ewe recorded 3 different improvisational pieces …\u003cbr\u003eand a chart of mine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ethis album is\u003cbr\u003eentirely\u003cbr\u003ethe 2nd of those 3 improvisations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI spent a lot of time\u003cbr\u003eliving with that 40 minute musical block of granite,\u003cbr\u003egetting to know it,\u003cbr\u003ewondering\u003cbr\u003eprodding\u003cbr\u003ehow to connect\u003cbr\u003ethe frame-able moments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eafter 5 to 6 months\u003cbr\u003eJacob Mann and Chris Fishman\u003cbr\u003erecord over the piece separately.\u003cbr\u003eI offered very little instruction to them,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ethen\u003cbr\u003eI read an interview\u003cbr\u003eof Gerhard Richter \u0026amp; Hans Ulbrich Obrist\u003cbr\u003e“Lives of the Artists, Lives of the Architects”\u003cbr\u003eexcellent use of Helvetica on the cover.\u003cbr\u003eThey discuss Richter’s process\u003cbr\u003edestroying his own work\u003cbr\u003eto find something new in it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI had an epiphany.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ethe possibility of\u003cbr\u003eimprovised sonics(?)\u003cbr\u003ewith the intent of creating contingency\u003cbr\u003ethrough destroying the audio of specific sections of this 40 minute piece\u003cbr\u003eto discover new music(s) in the process.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI contacted Ethan Braun:\u003cbr\u003e“What other musicians and artists\u003cbr\u003eBesides Stockhausen and Cage,\u003cbr\u003egot into a similar kind of process?”\u003cbr\u003eHe sent me:\u003cbr\u003ePierre Schaefer, Kazuo Shiraga, and Butch Morris.\u003cbr\u003eI combined\u003cbr\u003ewith my past research on Phillip Guston, and Richter.\u003cbr\u003eI organized and prepared for\u003cbr\u003emy process in collaboration\u003cbr\u003ewith Chris Sorem\u003cbr\u003eto see it through\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Carlos: What went into your choice to have 2 Trap Drummers\u003cbr\u003eon this record? Had Christian and Greg ever met?\u003cbr\u003eHad they ever played together before?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilkes: New Orleans\u003cbr\u003eApril 2019 with Jacob Mann.\u003cbr\u003eSmall bar\u003cbr\u003eFried chicken wings being sold outside.\u003cbr\u003edelicious.\u003cbr\u003eBrass band performing “for the love of you” by the Isley brothers\u003cbr\u003ewhat an arrangement\u003cbr\u003eI am ecstatic\u003cbr\u003eBand had 2 drummers playing marching snare drums\u003cbr\u003eOne drummer on kick and cymbal.\u003cbr\u003eI knew.\u003cbr\u003e2 drummers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristian and Greg\u003cbr\u003ehad not played together formally\u003cbr\u003ebut had always wanted to…\u003cbr\u003eIt was special to witness .\u003cbr\u003eall of our first time playing with others\u003cbr\u003eSince, you know.\u003cbr\u003eThe situation and concept of the session,\u003cbr\u003eTo do one tune and spend the rest of the time just playing\u003cbr\u003eWas a release..\u003cbr\u003elistening back in the control room\u003cbr\u003eDelirious\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. Carlos: How did you come to choose the Studios that you\u003cbr\u003eworked in for this record? The Musicians and Instruments?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilkes: i’ve always respected loyalty.\u003cbr\u003eIt feels like a hug.\u003cbr\u003eI frequent Nest Recorders\u003cbr\u003eand I frequent Lucy’s Meat Market.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI knew Jacob Mann\u003cbr\u003ewould know\u003cbr\u003ewhat to do\u003cbr\u003eAfter hearing his take\u003cbr\u003eI realized this additional opportunity:\u003cbr\u003eChris Fishman on an ARP-2600\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. Carlos: Please tell us how you feel about, Richter: \"Surprises always emerge,\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilkes: how lucky i am\u003cbr\u003eto discover for myself\u003cbr\u003ethat this is true.\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. Carlos: In what ways did the Improvisations that you\u003cbr\u003eand your group played, (that You Produced \u0026amp; Arranged\u003cbr\u003ethis record from,) begin? A look, a word, a gesture?\u003cbr\u003eSomething else?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilkes: i hit play\u003cbr\u003eon a maestro rhythm king.\u003cbr\u003eI got lucky\u003cbr\u003ewith the tempo.\u003cbr\u003eI played a chord progression\u003cbr\u003ea cell\u003cbr\u003ethat I had written a few years ago\u003cbr\u003eto say to christian and greg:\u003cbr\u003ego\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJacob said yes\u003cbr\u003epressed record\u003cbr\u003ereacted\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChris Fishman and I\u003cbr\u003etogether\u003cbr\u003ewith Pete Min\u003cbr\u003eat Lucy’s meat market\u003cbr\u003eChris playing his heart out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eafter,\u003cbr\u003ewe’d drive around my neighborhood\u003cbr\u003e2-3 o’clock in the morning\u003cbr\u003elistening\u003cbr\u003eto this music\u003cbr\u003ediscussing the arrangements\u003cbr\u003ewhere to cut the fat,\u003cbr\u003ewhere to chew.\u003cbr\u003eChris Fishman was so important\u003cbr\u003ein this album’s completion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChris Sorem and me\u003cbr\u003eAt nest recorders\u003cbr\u003ePlaying with tape\u003cbr\u003eRecklessly Laughing\u003cbr\u003eFighting exhaustion.\u003cbr\u003eSo much gear set up\u003cbr\u003eOnly half of it used.\u003cbr\u003eDestroying and discovering\u003cbr\u003eNo time to waste to\u003cbr\u003ehear something new\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6.Carlos: What does \"One Theme\" mean to You?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilkes: 8 bar\u003cbr\u003eharmonic and melodic passage\u003cbr\u003ethat repeats.\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. Carlos: How does this new record make You feel?\u003cbr\u003eWilkes: i see orange!\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8. Carlos: Was everyone set up in the same room, or in\u003cbr\u003emultiple rooms within each Studio?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilkes: yes\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003eno\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNest Recorders: SW, CE, GP\u003cbr\u003eJacob Mann’s Apartment in Alhambra: JM\u003cbr\u003eLucy’s Meat Market: CF, SW\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9. Carlos: How has your sound, concept, approach been changing,\u003cbr\u003eevolving, metamorphosing, from your perspective?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilkes: for me to know\u003cbr\u003eAnd you to find out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI practice everyday\u003cbr\u003estill\u003cbr\u003esometimes, I write just as much\u003cbr\u003eSometimes I don’t\u003cbr\u003eSometimes im sculpting\u003cbr\u003echipping away at music\u003cbr\u003eHoping to find something\u003cbr\u003eSometimes I forget\u003cbr\u003eSometimes im tired.\u003cbr\u003eSometimes im watching or reading the lord of the rings\u003cbr\u003eHopefully I’m improving\u003cbr\u003eHopefully I can be present\u003cbr\u003eand Grow.\u003cbr\u003eI want to be compassionate and not so hard on myself.\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10. Carlos: Please tell us something special, to You,\u003cbr\u003eabout the making of this record.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilkes: The album title is exactly what the album is.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u0026amp;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ei am unbelievably thankful\u003cbr\u003efor the people who made this record with me.\u003cbr\u003elucky to collaborate with them.\u003cbr\u003elucky to know them:\u003cbr\u003eChristian Euman\u003cbr\u003eGreg Paul\u003cbr\u003eJacob Mann\u003cbr\u003eChris Fishman\u003cbr\u003eChris Sorem\u003cbr\u003ePete Min\u003cbr\u003eMark Chalecki\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI love you all,\u003cbr\u003ethank you\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e: )\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSW\u003cbr\u003e09\/26\/21\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThank You!\u003cbr\u003eLOVE!!!\u003cbr\u003eCarlos Niño\u003cbr\u003e092021\u003cbr\u003eFull Harvest Moon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LEAVING RECORDS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41680950493340,"sku":"LR205","price":28.73,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/1_9d46c495-d23b-426c-b1b7-74f2b043b3c5.jpg?v=1654491564","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/sam-wilkes-one-theme-subsequent-improvisation","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}