Transmissions of Not, by GANNETS

Transmissions of Not

by GANNETS

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1.	WALKING THE GANNET 14:42	buy track
2.	THE MOMENT OF TRUTH 10:08	buy track
3.	JELLY ROLL RUMBLE 04:43	buy track
4.	DEADEYE 17:26	buy track
5.	THE BIG NO 11:42	buy track
6.	WALKING THE GANNET (RADIO EDIT) 04:28	buy track

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GANNETS emerged onto the UK’s underground music scene at around the same time that keyboardist, guitarist and amateur ornithologist Fyfe Dangerfield also formed his pop band Guillemots and subsequently signed to Polydor (Universal Music). Guillemots went on to be shortlisted for the Mercury Music Prize but Gannets found their way into a more unusual side of London’s glitterati, namely Hugh Metcalfe’s legendary Klinker Club – home to alternative cabaret, DIY cinema and free jazz. Guillemots shared Gannets' clarinet and sax section Chris Cundy and Alex Ward for the first few years, and although the two bands served entirely different functions for Dangerfield, a mutual coexistence of pop and experimental music became an important aspect to both projects in varying degrees.

Cundy had met Dangerfield whilst working on a piano-bar job at a Cheltenham nightclub, and the pair soon recognised a shared passion for unconventional performance which manifested itself in a variety of guises, including their duo The Executive Caveman which served as an experimental hip hop outfit for a number of thankless open mic nights. After a short stint in LA trailing West Hollywood’s little known improvised music scene, the pair returned to the UK for a Jazz Services funded tour of an expanded outfit called Transmissions of Not, featuring bassist Aristazabal Hawkes who would later join Guillemots. Just prior to the formation of Gannets, Steve Noble had invited Cundy, Dangerfield and Hawkes to perform at the London Musicians' Collective annual free festival held at Conway Hall, in what was to become the last performance by Transmissions of Not, although the name of the band lives on as the title for Gannets debut album.

Dominic Lash joined Gannets after the band's first few shows at the Klinker Club, replacing double bassist John Edwards. By this time they had established themselves within a deeply rooted free improvisation tradition, injecting the music with a playful sense of melody and a strong rhythmic setting that can evoke elements of pop, cartoon music and swing. Over recent years, Gannets have become fond of playing some of London’s more unusual venues such as Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes, The Montague Arms or the floating poetry/music club Boat-Ting. Alex Ward sums up the often contradictory nature of their music: “Gannets posit an alternative jazz history in which 30’s swing developed straight into a combined form of the free jazz and fusion movements, without any of the intervening decades”.

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released March 19, 2020

Chris Cundy bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, electronics
Alex Ward clarinet
Fyfe Dangerfield piano, electronics
Dominic Lash double bass
Steve Noble drums

Recorded at Phoenix Sound, Pinewood Studios England.
Produced by Robert Abel
Engineered by Steve Lowe
Mixed by Alex Ward & Steve Noble with Robert Abel
Mastered by Lewis Hopkins at Stardelta
Thanks to everyone at Babel Label and Jazz on 3
Artwork based on original ink drawings by Chris Cundy

All music by Dangerfield, Ward, Cundy, Lash, Noble. ©2012 (PRS)

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Playing bass clarinet, saxophones, and other unusual woodwind instruments - Chris is a composer and performer exploring an experimental practice while also working in popular music. Other activities include writing theatre music, performing modern classical and free improvisation. ... more

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