Antarctic Archipelagos by no-tet
ANTARCTIC ARCHIPELAGOS: Homage to Amundsen & Bernick
by no - tet
Gregg Skloff: upright bass
Warren Lee: piano
McCloud Zicmuse: alto clarinet
RECORDED BY WARREN LEE 3 & 4 FEBRUARY 2002
zicmuse 0202.1 • https://zicmuse.com/
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UNTET (c.2000-c.2003?) was an improvising quartet which featured McCloud Zicmuse* on upper clarinets etc., Warren Lee** on keyboards & vibraphone, Arrington de Dionyso on lower clarinets etc., and me on contrabass. (For more of that ensemble, stay tuned for future posts; also see https://archive.org/details/opensource_audio?query=Untet )
NO-TET was the Arringtonless subset of Untet.
As far as I recall, Antarctic Archipelagos is the only recording no-tet made, direct to cassette in Warren's living room***, 20 years ago.
A limited-edition CD-R of this session was released on the ZICMUSE label (zicmuse 0202.1). The printed cover of that edition is reproduced for this digital reissue.
The dedicatees of this album, polar explorer Roald Amundsen and musician/ornithologist Andy Bernick, were chosen by McCloud (Bernick participated in an Antarctic research expedition http://www1.cuny.edu/events/cunymatters/2002_may/antarctic.html ; he also released some of McCloud's recordings on his label https://rcarchives.com/sound.htm ).
The tracks were intentionally left untitled.
– GS
February 2022
* McCloud (a.k.a. Xanti Xafec) has established LE TON MITÉ https://letonmite.bandcamp.com/
&
HERBERG RUSTIEK https://rustiek.bandcamp.com/
** Warren has established ENTITY: https://ent1ty.bandcamp.com/
*** The site where Warren's house once stood now hosts a commercially zoned apartment development.
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Credits
Gregg Skloff: upright bass
Warren Lee: piano
McCloud Zicmuse: alto clarinet
RECORDED BY WARREN LEE 3 & 4 FEBRUARY 2002
zicmuse 0202.1 • zicmuse.com
