The Radiolarian Series

The Radiolarian Series

Infobox Album
Name = The Radiolarian Series
Type = Studio album
Artist = Medeski Martin & Wood


Released = Vol.1: September 30, 2008
Vol.2: TBA
Vol.3: TBA
Recorded =
Genre =
Length =
Label = Indirecto Records
Producer = TBA
Reviews =
Last album = ""
(2008)
This album = "The Radiolarian Series"
(2008)

"The Radiolarian Series" is an album project by experimental jazz fusion trio Medeski Martin & Wood which is currently in production.

The project is unique among studio albums because, in a reversal of the typical recording process, the band decided to compose and then develop the songs through a series of tours "before" recording the music in the studio.

In early 2008 the band announced on their official website: "Medeski Martin & Wood are planning three tours, plus three albums in 2008. Each tour and subsequent album will consist of all NEW MUSIC. The plan: "Write > Tour > Record > Repeat"." [MMW.net. The Radiolarian Series News Postings (Not dated). Online: [http://www.mmw.net/ www.mmw.net] Accessed: June 13, 2008.]

"The problem with us," keyboardist John Medeski explains, "is that when we record an album, by the time a record company gets it out, we’ve already been playing the music for six or eight months, and we’re ready to move on." [MMW Online Store. Radiolarians 1 Pre-Order Site. Online: [http://mmw-preorder.shop.musictoday.com/Product.aspx?cp=14506&pc=MWCD41] Accessed: Sept. 23, 2008.]

The three volumes of "The Radiolarian Series" will be released as three separate albums. The band has suggested that the series may also be made available as a packaged set.

"The Radiolarian Series" takes its name from radiolarians (also radiolaria), amoeboid protozoa that produce intricate mineral skeletons, typically with a central capsule dividing the cell into inner and outer portions, called endoplasm and ectoplasm.

Radiolaria grow their intricately beautiful patterned skeleton around their soft core in defiance of normal biological process. This is, according to the band, "similar to Medeski Martin and Wood's latest creative cycle." [ibid.]

"The Radiolarian Series" consists of music composed and developed over the course of the band's three-part 2008 "Viva la Evolution" Tour:

* "Part One:" February 19-29 (Northeast U.S.)
* "Part Two:" July 11-18 (Southeast U.S.)
* "Part Three:" November 12-22 (Pacific Northwest)

Track listing

All tracks by Medeski Martin & Wood except where noted.

RADIOLARIANS 1:
#First Light
#Cloud Wars
#Muchas Gracias
#Professor Nohair
#Reliquary
#Free Go Lily
#Rolling Son
#Sweet Pea Dreams
#God Fire
#Hidden Moon

RADIOLARIANS 2:

*TBA

RADIOLARIANS 3:

*TBA

Performers

*John Medeski – keyboards
*Billy Martin – drums, percussion
*Chris Wood – basses

* OTHERS TBA

Credits

* TBA

References


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