Ear Reverent by DBC:Unit

Recorded at Studio Lilica on 11/21 and 12/21
Produced by Carl Royce
Photo Abstraction by Breeze Smith
David Strother plays NS Design electric violins

This trio - DBC:Unit - from Los Angeles features David Strother on electric violin, Breeze Smith on drums and percussion, and Carl Royce on double bass. All three musicians are dedicated creatives; violinist Strother is a composer/sound sculptor. Smith is a designer, instrument builder, visual artist, and sound sculptor. Royce also composes and is a visual artist.

Drawing from the jazz vernacular, the trio shows its true colors in playful experimentation and spontaneous interchange. The album unfolds stealthily; Strother's violin scatters textured, distant notes over the double bass' spiky deep ostinato. Drummer Smith's fragmented rhythms hover and swarm. Quiet spaces give way to wavering tones, weaving a subtle tension into the tapestry of elastic middle-eastern melodies and colorful percussive deviations.

Guillermo Escudero

Cadence Jazz World - Ear Reverent is a Top Recording of 2023.

Tracklist

1.	Open the Dark	5:57

2.	Finding Phantoms	5:37

3.	Here, in the Fields.	10:21

4.	Outgoing Message	6:56

5.	While We Were In Our Houses	10:16

6.	Поема для України	5:40

7.	Horizon	10:12

Credits

released April 12, 2022

David Strother • electric violin
Breeze Smith • drums & percussion
Carl Royce • contrabass

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