Cuneiform: Dylan Ryan / Sand – Sky Bleached / Diesen Sonntag für FIVE !

„Dylan Ryan is a drummer adept at combining his jazz skills with adventurous rock, resulting in music that maintains the cerebral and viceral qualities of both. Sand finds him in a trio… the set is split almost evenly between the drummer’s compositions–engaging guitar melodies delivered with the heft of prog rock–and group improvs that succeed whether they’re gentle or vicious…“ – JazzTimes

„I had the idea to write songs for a jazz band that had elements of Black Sabbath, the Cure, Jaco-era Joni Mitchell, and free jazz. I intentionally made the free playing and the composed sections less compartmentalized. The idea is to have a really great sounding rhythm section that can stretch out and make music spontaneously, and naturally together. Sand is a jazz band, but it reflects the different things I grew up on and listen to; It reflects the fact that I am playing jazz, but that I wasn’t born in 1945.“ – Dylan Ryan.

Released January 15, 2013

Dylan Ryan: Drums
Timothy Young: Guitar
Devin Hoff: Bass

Produced by Dylan Ryan.
Recorded and mixed by Mudrock at The Hobby Shop West, Los Angeles, CA, April 24 & 25, 2012.
Mastered by Peter Andreadis at All City Mastering, Chicago, IL.
Cover image courtesy of Christopher Schreck.
Photography by Magdalena Wosinka.
Layout by Bill Ellsworth.

„In his new band, Sand, Ryan couldn’t have found a better guitarist than Tim Young, who could be mistaken for Bill Frisell, if Frisell enjoyed punching random people in the face. With an ass-kicking palate of sonic texture, Ryan, Young and bassist Devin Hoff offer something in between John Zorn’s raucous free-jazz and the romantic stylings of Black Sabbath.“ – L.A. Weekly

Sand is…a progressive ensemble that skillfully negotiates the tenuous divide between avant-garde jazz and instrumental post-rock…exploring the harmonic, melodic and rhythmic intricacies of creative improvised music at volume levels more akin to rock than traditional jazz…As memorable as [the] writing is however, it’s the dynamic interplay between the three musicians that imbues this date with its distinctive appeal.“ – AllAboutJazz

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