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[Birds in Hell]

[tragabigzanda]

[Birds in Hell]

New Nels Cline Singers record (first in six years) out next month!

http://www.bluenote.com/the-nels-cline- ... on-nov-13/

On November 13, Nels Cline will release his 3rd Blue Note album Share The Wealth, a dynamic double album featuring 10 swirling, evocative soundscapes including the epic first single “Beam/Spiral,” which is out today.

On Share The Wealth, the sonic explorer and guitar renegade delivers a potent and provocative program of spontaneous, uncompromising music with an expanded edition of his long-running project The Nels Cline Singers featuring saxophonist and punk-jazz iconoclast Skerik, keyboard marvel Brian Marsella, bass powerhouse Trevor Dunn, longtime collaborator and drummer Scott Amendola, and Brazilian percussionist Cyro Baptista.

The album can be pre-ordered now on vinyl, CD, or download.

[tragabigzanda]

Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb

I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem

[Brett]

Yeah, that's a gorgeous song there. I've never really listened to any of Nels' stuff besides a handful of songs that you've shared, Spenno, but I think it might be time to start checking it out.

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[Birds in Hell]

Over the last day or so I threw together this Spotify playlist to act as a rough introduction to the deep catalogue of Nels Cline.

NELS CLINE: A Brief Introduction



01. Canales' Cabeza (The Nels Cline Singers, Macroscope, 2014)
02. Cause for Concern (The Nels Cline Singers, Instrumentals, 2002)
03. Grow Closer (The Nels Cline Singers, Initiate, 2010)
04. Prayer Wheel (Nels Cline, Coward, 2009)
05. Ghost of the Piñata (The Nels Cline Singers, Instrumentals, 2002)
06. Lucile's Trip (The Nels Cline Trio, Silencer, 1992)
07. Maria, Alone (Nels Cline, Angelica, 1988)
08. Into It (The Nels Cline Singers, Initiate, 2010)
09. Floored (The Nels Cline Singers, Initiate, 2010)
10. He Still Carries a Torch for Her (The Nels Cline Singers, The Giant Pin, 2004)
11. As Close As That (CUP, Spinning Creature, 2019)
12. No Mercy (Nels Cline, Dirty Baby, 2010)

I tried to make this a pleasantly-flowing, not-too onerous listening experience which touched on everything from the beginning of Nels' career as a bandleader until now. Just a taster/sampler, really; lots of great tunes which I couldn't make fit.

I think Initiate (the first CD, the studio album) is probably the best general entry point, at least that's what got me hooked.

[Kevin Davis]

I love Initiate, too. I really need to do a deep dive into Nels's catalog -- for some reason I haven't had the urge to really explore his work, despite loving everything I hear.

[tragabigzanda]

Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb

I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem

[Birds in Hell]

I really like the mix between wistfulness and frenetic spazz on (most of) Nels' records.

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[Jorge]

Share the Wealth is so good. "Beam/Spiral" just blew me away

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[Jorge]

Oh yeah. I'm not like intimately familiar with every thing he's done but I really admire him. I loved Lovers from a few years ago, as well as his wilder, Sonny-Sharrock-y stuff in The Giant Pin

[tragabigzanda]

[tragabigzanda]

Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb

I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem