HUNTER DIAMOND + QUIN KIRCHNER

CORE-DISTAL

CUR006 - The fifth release in the Metal and Wood series

Hunter Diamond // saxophone, clarinet, percussion

Quin Kirchner // drums, percussion, sampler electronics

Released November 4th, 2022

Specters of narrative sneak in and around the duo’s coalesced imagination:

…Unlocked drum grooves dancing alongside sampled and manipluated of semi-recognizable origin…

…Caccaphonous pulses of pre-historic assembly lines…

…A swaying bamboo forrest, testing the outer limits of minimalist duration-based melody…

…An audio time lapse in a centuries-old cathedral…

…Garish clarinet like a caged rare bird summoning its kin and revolting for release…

The Metal and Wood project is a series of live improvisations between woodwind artist Hunter Diamond and various drummers living in the United States. Captured in different locations in Chicago and New Orleans, these recordings document Diamond’s ongoing interest in the saxophone-drums duo pairing made historic by legendary collaborations between John Coltrane & Rashied Ali, Archie Shepp & Max Roach, Dewey Redman & Ed Blackwell, Charles Lloyd & Billy Higgins, Joe McPhee & Hamid Drake, and many others.

Available through Curio Records (CD) and Bandcamp (CD/digital/streaming)

Featured Track: “Spacetones” (excerpt)