Liddle at Filament At The Vanderelli Room

"With the self-titled debut of his ferocious big band Big Heart Machine, alto saxophonist​ ​Brian Krock emerged as a composer of staggeringly complex and aggressively​ ​invigorating music. On his much-anticipated follow-up, Liddle,​ ​Krock scales down the size of the ensemble but not the intensity of his sound. The​ ​album’s brain-twisting sonic labyrinths are mapped from the blueprints of such circuitous​ ​thinkers as James Joyce, Elliott Carter, Anthony Braxton, Tim Berne and Steve Coleman,​ ​with a brutal twist of attitude from Krock’s power metal and prog roots....

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"With the self-titled debut of his ferocious big band Big Heart Machine, alto saxophonist​ ​Brian Krock emerged as a composer of staggeringly complex and aggressively​ ​invigorating music. On his much-anticipated follow-up, Liddle,​ ​Krock scales down the size of the ensemble but not the intensity of his sound. The​ ​album’s brain-twisting sonic labyrinths are mapped from the blueprints of such circuitous​ ​thinkers as James Joyce, Elliott Carter, Anthony Braxton, Tim Berne and Steve Coleman,​ ​with a brutal twist of attitude from Krock’s power metal and prog roots.

The key members of liddle also provide the beating heart of Big Heart Machine:​ ​Krock’s longtime bandmates Olli Hirvonen (guitar), Marty Kenney (bass), and Nathan​ ​Ellman-Bell (drums).​ ​To this already volatile mixture Krock adds the explosive piano​ ​mastery of Matt Mitchell, creating a potent quintet capable of playing with impassioned​ ​feeling as well as blistering virtuosity."

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