Thanks again to all that came to this lovely interview. A bit more information about the musicians on "CALLIOPE"" : Paul Hanson-bassoons, compositions; Tarik Ragab-bass, lyrics; Moorea Dickason-vocals; Haroun Serang-mixing and producer; Billy Cobham-drums; Gene Coye-drums, Lang Zhao-drums; Ruslan Sirota-keyboards, Eric Levy-keyboards, Chase Jackson-vibes and synths; Emily Lazar and The Lodge-mastering; Tom Reyes-cover painting; Steve Hermosillo-album art direction.
I played the bassoon from 5th grade until I graduated from high school and hearing it played like this is mind blowing. Makes me miss playing but I’ll never own a $10k+ instrument.
Good comparison. I just don't like the zero attack zero decay effect used on some of the vocals and a accompaniment in this piece. Ruth was brilliant on vibes.
Lindsay Cooper broke this ground 50yrs ago. Listen to Bittern storm over Ulm from Unrest by Henry Cow. Not saying that contemporary electric bassoon is not as good as OG electric bassoon but this guy didn't invent it. BTW Lindsay Cooper with a wah wah peddle is a sound to behold. Has weird music covered David Thomas and the Pedestrians? How about Aksak Maboul? Or Massacre?
@@johngatewood4638 my first inkling that I could take the bassoon electric (I never ever said I invented it) was hearing an art rock band with Herbert Diamant playing bassoon with a FRAP pickup on it in 1982-I also heard Henry Cow for the first time with Lindsay Cooper during that period. They were a huge inspiration for this album.
@@MakeWeirdMusic yes a bit. Also forgot to mention a bit of Radiohead in there as well. But nothing was consciously done to try to sound like someone else. It’s just sometimes things come out a certain way and then you think of them later “oh-the part you just came up with sounds a little like Radiohead” after it was written
An Instant fan!
Holy cow! Lyle Workman!! Thanks for watching. So glad I could connect you to Paul's music.
Wowzer!
Reminds me of the band, Bubblemath.
Thanks again to all that came to this lovely interview. A bit more information about the musicians on "CALLIOPE"" : Paul Hanson-bassoons, compositions; Tarik Ragab-bass, lyrics; Moorea Dickason-vocals; Haroun Serang-mixing and producer; Billy Cobham-drums; Gene Coye-drums, Lang Zhao-drums; Ruslan Sirota-keyboards, Eric Levy-keyboards, Chase Jackson-vibes and synths; Emily Lazar and The Lodge-mastering; Tom Reyes-cover painting; Steve Hermosillo-album art direction.
This channel constantly reminds me that there is still great music being made! Brilliant!
I played the bassoon from 5th grade until I graduated from high school and hearing it played like this is mind blowing. Makes me miss playing but I’ll never own a $10k+ instrument.
Excellent music!
Reminds me of certain mid-career Frank Zappa compositions, especially the ones with Ruth Underwood percussion stuff. Invigorating.
Good comparison. I just don't like the zero attack zero decay effect used on some of the vocals and a accompaniment in this piece. Ruth was brilliant on vibes.
Thanks everyone!!! That was SO MUCH FUN!
Just bought the album, Sounds great!
@@infromjapan thank you so much!
Stratospheric musical skills. Congradulations
Genious...high energy complexity
. not weird to me at all..
Thank you very much!
Funny!...nice singing...
"Electric Bassoon Prog" sounds like the name of genre generated in a computer game about owning a record label.
Lindsay Cooper broke this ground 50yrs ago. Listen to Bittern storm over Ulm from Unrest by Henry Cow.
Not saying that contemporary electric bassoon is not as good as OG electric bassoon but this guy didn't invent it. BTW Lindsay Cooper with a wah wah peddle is a sound to behold.
Has weird music covered David Thomas and the Pedestrians? How about Aksak Maboul? Or Massacre?
I’ve covered some HC, but not those other artists. Also, Lindsay and Paul are pretty different on the bassoon. Check out his other work.
@@johngatewood4638 my first inkling that I could take the bassoon electric (I never ever said I invented it) was hearing an art rock band with Herbert Diamant playing bassoon with a FRAP pickup on it in 1982-I also heard Henry Cow for the first time with Lindsay Cooper during that period. They were a huge inspiration for this album.
I was so sure the girl in the thumbnail was Quincy from All Ears
Zappa inspired?
A bit here and there-but a lot of influences in addition. John McLaughlin, Gentle Giant, Oregon, Knower, et al. Thank you!
I forgot to mention that I could really hear the Knower influence. But Gentle Giant?? I had no idea
@@MakeWeirdMusic yes a bit. Also forgot to mention a bit of Radiohead in there as well. But nothing was consciously done to try to sound like someone else. It’s just sometimes things come out a certain way and then you think of them later “oh-the part you just came up with sounds a little like Radiohead” after it was written
All the notes are taken, there are no more left
That was a lot of notes, yes. But good ones.
Raze the Maze sounds like Nash the Slash to me. I mean the name, not the music.
Pretty different haha