This is the second album in the past few weeks I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing that features percussionist Devin Gray, and the two musicians he collaborates with on this disc are legendary:
Andrea Parkins- electronics, accordion & wurlitzer
Frank Gratkowski- saxophones, flutes, & clarinets
Devin Gray – drums & percussion & herzHz of Gold delivers an immersive experimental listening experience where electronic processing, extended instrumental techniques, and collective compositional improvisation shape the music’s frequencies—appealing especially to fans of avant-garde jazz and electro-acoustic inspired magnetic improvisation.
Listen for abstract soundscapes and noise-infused textures by way of live sample processing, extended techniques, micro-tonal longitudinal wave bends, subtle compositional leads, and non-idiomatic dynamic improvisations. Their free-flowing rhythmic punctuational exchanges push the music’s frequencies ahead with energy and coloristic effects. This trio is made of 3k Megahertz of Gold.
Gray, Parkins and Gratkowski first started playing as a unit in the Berlin underground scene. Since 2015 they have continued to hold highly inspired biyearly trio appearances. Their joyful collective experiences as modern global human musicians and artistic experimentalists allows their creativity to flow like currents.
