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Now's Not The Right Time

by spike mason

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1.
Something To Lose Blues 1 11:03
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2.
Childsplay 1 09:54
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3.
Do Svidaniya Paula 1 07:41
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4.
Interlude 01:14
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5.
The World Must Be Round 1 07:44
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6.
Hardhead 1 09:11
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7.
Childsplay 2 09:28
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8.
Hardhead 2 09:27
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9.
The World Must Be Round 2 05:45
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10.
Do Svidaniya Paula 2 10:13
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11.
Something To Lose Blues 2 09:22
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12.
Hardhead 3 08:56
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13.
Do Svidaniya Paula 3 10:58
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14.
Childsplay 3 06:53
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15.
Something To Lose Blues 3 13:45
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16.
The World Must Be Round 3 06:47
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about

The oximetric concept involves the execution of a largely unfamiliar performance practice within jazz ensemble music. Each musician within the ensemble plays melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic material, either composed or improvised, within their own unrelated pulse. The musicians, although playing at the same time, do not adhere to a common pulse, time signature, or groove. Each of the pulses are played with the goal to maintain a sense of the individual. There is no need for them to start or finish together. The pulses are not rhythmic subdivisions of each other or related mathematically. They are separate voices that create a synergy by being sounded together in the same sonic space, and sharing a common intent, or mood. The oximetric concept incorporates archetypal rhythms that are expanded and compounded by each of the performers in the ensemble at their discretion. The rhythms are to be executed ‘phrasically’ - so that each melodic or rhythmic segment is not strict but flows and breathes as in our natural bodies. In this way, the composed forms that are the structural foundation of each of the compositions become fluid - arbitrary frameworks on which multiple unique performances can be built. The melodic and harmonic relationships that follow these forms echo what is already found in the music of the jazz canon, where interactions may be as consonant or dissonant as the individuals within the ensemble deems appropriate.

credits

released March 30, 2024

produced by spike mason www.spikemason.com
all compositions and arrangements by spike mason

recorded at rancom st studios rancomstreetstudios.wixsite.com/rancom
by james kennedy and domenic corso on the 5th of august 2023

1 - Something To Lose Blues 1
saxophone :: spike mason
guitar :: jeremy sawkins
double bass :: mark lau
drums :: dave goodman

2 - Childsplay 1
saxophone :: spike mason
guitar :: jeremy sawkins
double bass :: mark lau
drums :: dave goodman

3 - Do Svidaniya Paula 1
saxophone :: spike mason
guitar :: jeremy sawkins
double bass :: mark lau
drums :: dave goodman

4 - Interlude
saxophone :: spike mason
drums :: dave goodman

5 - The World Must Be Round
saxophone :: spike mason
guitar :: jeremy sawkins
double bass :: mark lau
drums :: dave goodman

6 - Hardhead 1
saxophone :: spike mason
guitar :: jeremy sawkins
double bass :: mark lau
drums :: dave goodman

recorded at the hedberg
www.utas.edu.au/about/campuses/hobart/hedberg
by stewart long and jacky collyer on the 20th of november 2023

7 - Childsplay 2
spike mason :: saxophone
guitar :: damien kingston
double bass :: sasha gavlek
drums :: konrad park

8 - Hardhead 2
spike mason :: saxophone
guitar :: damien kingston
double bass :: sasha gavlek

9 - The World Must Be Round 3
spike mason :: saxophone
guitar :: damien kingston
double bass :: sasha gavlek
drums :: konrad park

10 - Do Svidaniya Paula 2
spike mason :: saxophone
guitar :: damien kingston
double bass :: sasha gavlek
drums :: konrad park

11 - Something To Lose Blues 2
spike mason :: saxophone
guitar :: damien kingston
double bass :: sasha gavlek
drums :: konrad park

recorded at the hedberg
www.utas.edu.au/about/campuses/hobart/hedberg
by jacky collyer on the 22nd of november 2023

12 - Hardhead 3
spike mason :: saxophone
piano :: louise denson
double bass :: hamish houston
drums :: tom robb

13 - Do Svidaniya Paula 3
spike mason :: saxophone
piano :: louise denson
double bass :: hamish houston
drums :: tom robb

14 - Childsplay 3
spike mason :: saxophone
piano :: louise denson
double bass :: hamish houston
drums :: tom robb

15 - Something To Lose Blues 3
spike mason :: saxophone
piano :: louise denson
double bass :: hamish houston
drums :: tom robb

16 - The World Must Be Round 3
spike mason :: saxophone
piano :: louise denson
double bass :: hamish houston
drums :: tom robb

all music mixed and mastered by james kennedy

album cover image :: ayumi nicholas
artwork :: sonia kemps

Thanks to mark, jman, dave, damo, sasha, jazzrad, louise, hamo, and tom for being such soulful friends, and for offering their honest, open, and gorgeous interpretations of the music.

Thanks to james - who I can always trust to faithfully capture and present the sounds we make - a true master of the sonic dark arts…

‘Do Svidaniya Paula’ is dedicated to danny healy.

This album is a collection of recordings of new original jazz music that I’ve been composing during my PhD research - “OXIMETRIC - Random points of resolution in multi-pulsed improvised and composed music."
It would not exist without supportive funding from the University of Tasmania.

‘Now's Not The Right Time’ is my 13th album in 13 years and is dedicated, with all my love, to Lilia.

To everyone who listens, I really hope you feel a connection with this music 💙

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