Mathilde 253, by Charles Hayward, Han-earl Park, Ian Smith plus Lol Coxhill

Mathilde 253

by Charles Hayward, Han-earl Park, Ian Smith plus Lol Coxhill

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1.	Charles Hayward, Han-earl Park & Ian Smith - Kalimantan 18:29	buy track
2.	Charles Hayward, Han-earl Park & Ian Smith - Similkameen 08:22	buy track
3.	Charles Hayward, Han-earl Park & Ian Smith - Ishikari 10:09	buy track
4.	Charles Hayward, Han-earl Park & Ian Smith - Jixi 08:09	buy track
5.	Charles Hayward, Han-earl Park & Ian Smith - Matanuska 06:52	buy track
6.	Aachen 11:42	buy track
7.	Oaxaca 10:52	buy track

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Mathilde 253 is the real-time musical meeting between legendary avant-rock drummer Charles Hayward (This Heat, Massacre), "careful and crafty" guitarist Han-earl Park (Paul Dunmall, Kato Hideki), and mainstay of the London improvised music scene Ian Smith (Derek Bailey, London Improvisers' Orchestra).

Mathilde 253 was born out of an opportunity to explore the spontaneous mashup of avant-rock, European free improvisation and noise. Joined by the veteran iconoclastic saxophonist Lol Coxhill, this recording documents the weaving of physical virtuosity and humorous sound poetics, a patchwork of restraint, subtlety and recklessness.

Charles Hayward: drums, percussion and melodica
Han-earl Park: guitar
Ian Smith: trumpet and flugelhorn
Lol Coxhill: saxophone (tracks 6 and 7)

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released January 1, 2011

Tracks 1 to 5 composed by Charles Hayward, Han-earl Park and Ian Smith.
Tracks 6 and 7 composed by Lol Coxhill, Charles Hayward, Han-earl Park and Ian Smith.

Recorded live at Cafe OTO, London on 18 April 2010.
Recorded and mixed by Chris Trent.
Mastered by Han-earl Park

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SLAM Productions London, UK

Free jazz, contemporary jazz and improvised recorded music label founded by saxophonist George Haslam in 1989, which has released over 250 albums.

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