Work Money Death - The Space in Which the Uncontrollable Unknown Resides, Can Be the Place from Which Creation Arises

ATA Records

£10.80

Format: Cassette
Catalogue No.: ATACS022
Barcode: 5050580778344
Release Date: 25 Feb 2022
Genre: Crossover Jazz

01: Dusk
02: Dawn

Originally released in Febuary of 2021, Work Money Death's "The Space In Which The Uncontrollable Unknown Resides Can Be The Place From Which Creation Arises" is now available on Cassette for the first time.

A transcendental journey that takes in meditative musical mantras, sprawling tenor sax improvisation and mesmeric percussion, the new album byWork Money Death(the group that backed ATA artist Tony Burkill on his 2017 debut record of the same name) seeks to reinterpret the sound of artists such as Pharoah Sanders & Alice Coltrane over two tracks: the brooding tension of A-Side"Dusk"and the sanguine & uplifting"Dawn"on the B-Side.Titled "The Space In Which The Uncontrollable Unknown Resides Can Be The Place From Which Creation Arises", this new LP was conceived and recorded by Tony Burkill and Bassist Neil Innes during the spring/summer of 2020.

A stalwart of the Leeds music scene for the best part of 3 decades, Tony Burkill had maintained a low profile nationally, choosing to favour continued study and development on the instrument over attainment of success or recognition within the music industry. With his debut release on ATA in 2017 he impressed audiences with his powerful and gutsy approach to improvisation. Also featuring on the record are Drummer Sam Hobbs (The Electric Doctor M and Producer of Matthew Bourne's Moogmemory), Bassist Neil Innes (The Sorcerers, The Lewis Express), Pianist Adam Fairhall (Nat Birchall) and Percussionist Pete Williams (The Sorcerers, The Lewis Express).

Originally conceived as a large scale group performance of a single extended piece "The space in which the uncontrollable unknown resides, can be the place from which creation arises"was written by Tony and Neil through a series of extended improvisations similar to the extended meditation sessions that both musicians practice. These sessions enabled a state of flow through which Tony's compositional approach to improvisation yielded meaningful melodic fragments that would be returned to and developed in a way similar to someone returning to the mantra.

“**** Work Money Death honour the risk-taking ideology of Coltrane & Pharaoh Sanders”
Mojo Magazine —

“Wow! Absolutely Beautiful, Uplifting Sound!”
Harv Nagi — outernational sounds/pointblankfm/worldwide fm

“Joyous. Very much needed.”
Dom Servini — Wah Wah 45s

“It's Medication time, Medication Time. Wonderful uplifting spiritual jazz. Just what we need.”
Richard Epps — Totally Wired Radio

“we feel that this will be an important jazz record as time goes on”
Jamison harvey — Fleamarket funk