Steve Gunn has been a key presence within the Three Lobed universe because the 2006 launch of the Heavy Parts CD. His dynamic development as an artist within the years since — together with his present Matador-backed full band work — has been a thrill to look at, to the purpose that it’s laborious to select favorites amongst his work. That mentioned, it’s laborious to not take into account his duo work with John Truscinski among the many perfect. As this set demonstrates, improvisation between these two is nearly an unstated language at this level. Followers of the band’s most up-to-date LP, Soundkeeper, which incorporates certainly one of my Union Pool recordings, can attest that the band’s dwell improvisations will be a few of their greatest work. Tonight’s first track was one such second — an untitled new quantity that already looks like a forthcoming GTD basic. As to the remainder of the set, it consisted of precisely these — “Banh Mi Ringtones” and “Ocean Parkway,” each from Three Lobed’s second GTD LP, Ocean Parkway. These renditions have been as impressed and electrical as your entire night, maybe by no means extra in order that the climactic interaction across the eight-minute mark of “Banh Mi.” This entire evening — the entire pageant — celebrated all that’s proper with unbiased music. John and Steve are actually a giant a part of that.
I recorded this set with Schoeps MK4V mics mounted on the middle of the balcony, with a soundboard feed from Christopher Scully-Thurston’s combine. It sounds prefer it.
Gunn-Truscinski Duo
2022-04-16
Von der Heyden Studio Theater
Rubenstein Arts Heart
Duke College
Durham, NC USA
Recorded and produced by acidjack
Dwell combine by Christopher Scully-Thurston
Schoeps MK4V (DFC, PAS)>KC5>CMC6 + Soundboard>>Sound Units MixPre6>24/44.1 WAV>Audition>Audacity>FLAC
Tracks
01 [Rayborn intro]
02 [untitled new song]
03 Banh Mi Ringtones
04 Ocean Parkway
