RANALDO/JARMUSCH/URSELLI/PANDI
CHURNING OF THE OCEAN (STANDARD BLACK LP) (TROST RECORDS)
Extended Instrumental tracks from the nocturnal studio session of director and musician Jim Jarmusch, Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo, Balázs Pándi (Keiji Haino, Venetian Snares, Merzbow) and producer Marc Urselli (John Zorn, Mike Patton, Laurie Anderson a.o).
All was recorded live and analog, and in the moment. Mixed, mastered, recorded and produced by Marc Urselli at EastSide Sound Studios, NYC, 2019.
Artwork by Italian artist Sara D'Uva. Lee Ranaldo - guitar, pedals, bells Jim Jarmusch - guitar, pedals, mini-synthesizer Marc Urselli - bass, laptop Balázs Pándi - drums press quotes from the S/T debut album (TR181CD/LP): "Lee Ranaldo/Jim Jarmusch/ Marc Urselli/ Balázs Pándi is an egoless collection of ideas from four musicians who sound like they've been working together for an eternity" - Daniel Sylvester, Exclaim! 2019 "It's exactly this unpredictability that makes the quartet's evocative sounds thoroughly captivating" - Antonio Poscic, The Quietus, 2019 "A magical, hypnotic and somehow frightening album" - Jazzthing Magazine 2019