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Nature of the Beast

by Michael Formanek

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Emerger 05:29
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Excruciation 06:21
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El Niño 09:48
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Nature of the Beast was built around the core grouping of Dave Douglas, Steve Swell, Jim Black and myself. I was really interested in not building the sound of the group around saxophones and woodwind instruments which is usually my default. I was looking for a dryer and more percussive sound. After I had composed several pieces for that instrumentation I started to add a sax or two to the rest of the tunes to bring a richer and ore blended sound. I added Chris Speed at the very end when we were rehearsing at Jim Black's house where Chris was his room mate. Chris was upstairs practicing clarinet so I went up and asked if he wanted to play on a tune. We had already been playing in bloodcount together for several years and this was just a no brainer. Amazingly I think this might be the only studio recording where all the members of bloodcount recorded together.

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released April 25, 2020

Michael Formanek - Double Bass (All Tracks)
Chris Speed - Clarinet (Track 8)
Tim Berne - Alto Saxophone (Tracks 4,8)
Tony Malaby - Tenor Saxophone (Tracks 5,6,8)
Dave Douglas - Trumpet (All Tracks)
Steve Swell - Trombone (All Tracks)
Jim Black - Drums (All Tracks)

Recorded by Joe Marciano at Systems Two, Brooklyn, NY on March 31st and April 1st, 1996

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Michael Formanek New Jersey

Michael Formanek has been described as “a bold and unclassifiable bassist and composer,” while The New York Times has noted that his music is always “graceful in its subversions, often even sumptuous.”
He creates modern jazz that is earthy yet atmospheric, always alive with dark-hued melody and bone-deep rhythms, rich in dynamic possibility and the sound of surprise.
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