Jazz
Eyvind Kang - Arranger, Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Mandolin, Mixing, Percussion, Producer, Recorder, Tuba, Violin, Vocals
Alan Kestle - Violin
Allan Tucker - Mastering
Brent Arnold - Cello
Christian Asplund - Harmonium
Courtney Agguire - Vocals
David Pascal - Bass, Engineer
Doug Haire - Engineer
Ed Pias - Percussion
Emmanuelle Somer - Oboe
Ian Rashkin - Bass
Ikue Mori - Design
Jamie Philip - Cornemeuse, Crumhorn, Flute (Bass), Recorder
Jessica Lurie - Flute
John Zorn - Executive Producer
Kazunori Sugiyama - Producer
Michelle Amar - Engineer
Mike Anderson - Trumpet
Mike Stone - Drums
Mint - Finger Cymbals
Steve Moore - Trombone
Susanna Knapp - Flute
Tari Nelson-Zagar - Bass
Terry Hsu - Violin
Tim Young - Guitar
Trey Spruance - Engineer, Guitar (12 String), Mixing
Tucker Martine - Drums, Engineer, Mixing
Vishal Naga - Tabla
The cohesive smoothness and, well, normality of this record is completely amazing when it is compared to Kang's other project in his NADES composition series, 7 NADEs. Here, his violin playing takes a much more central position, highlighting the strength of his tone and technique. More playful than theoretical, this album takes the NADE concept through many genres and around the world, including a medieval NADE, "Jewel of the NADE," a Rasta NADE, "Mystic NADE," and a Middle Eastern NADE, "Mary of Magdalen." Each sounds like a tribute to the tradition from which it was mined; random, discordant elements take a space much further in the background than in Kang's previous solo work. Theater of Mineral NADEs does not reach as far as some of Kang's previous work, but he also manages to succeed at nearly everything he tries on this album. It is a well executed, thoughtful piece.
---Stacia Proefrock, All Music Guide
Eyvind Kang
Active Decades: '90s and '00s
Genre: Avntg
Styles: Avant-Garde, Modern Composition, Experimental, Experimental Rock
Violinist Eyvind Kang is from Seattle, where he studied music at Cornish College for the Arts, in addition to studying violin with Michael White. In 1994, Kang received an Artist Support Program grant (by the Jack Straw Foundation) and used it to record the first seven of his series of musical compositions called "NADEs." This recording, 7 NADEs, was released on the Tzadik label in 1996, followed two years later by his Theater of Mineral Nades. Using structures similar to those of classical music, and conventions similar to those in jazz, Kang draws from a variety of traditional and popular styles. Besides composing and playing his own material (and occasionally playing the tuba), Kang has played violin in Bill Frisell's quartet, with John Zorn, the Sun City Girls, and in Wayne Horvitz' 4 + 1 Ensemble. In 1999, an album with clarinetist Francois Houle and drummer Dylan VanDerSchyff entitled Pieces of Time was released on the Canadian label Spool.
---Joslyn Layne, All Music Guide |
