Le gouffre / The Chasm Vertical Squirrels

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	1.	The Yellow Emperor’s Precious Stone Found by a Water Demon 03:25
	2.	A Dewdrop on the Tip of a Blade of Grass in the Setting Sun 06:08
	3.	Who Named the Names Anyway? 05:09
	4.	All the World in Confusion 05:02
	5.	I Sincerely Beg Your Pardon for my Superfluous Comment 04:43
	6.	The End of Life Is a Handful of Bones 05:38
	7.	If the Eye is Attracted to the Light, One Would Be Born a Hungry Ghost 04:50
	8.	Incalculable Eons of Emptiness Arising from the Mind 05:36
	9.	Seeing People Fallen into the Sea of Suffering 06:01
	10.	The Colourful Flower and the Green Bamboo Stalk 01:06
	11.	The Obstacles of Empty Form 06:15
	12.	No-knowledge Is Like Music Coming from All Directions 06:19

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In 2019-20 Vertical Squirrels took on a residency at Silence as part of the You Are ∴ I Am series — the intent being to invite a diverse array of artists into a live improvised community context. This recording documents what happened on October 23, 2019.

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En 2019-20, Vertical Squirrels a effectué une résidence à la salle de concert Silence dans le cadre de la série You Are ∴ I Am — l’intention étant d’inviter divers artistes à participer à une improvisation communautaire en direct. Cet enregistrement est le témoin de ce qui est arrivé le 23 octobre 2019.

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released April 6, 2021

Composer(s): Daniel Fischlin, Ajay Heble, Lewis Melville, Ted Warren, Dong-Won Kim, Gary Diggins
Performer(s): Vertical Squirrels, Daniel Fischlin, Ajay Heble, Lewis Melville, Ted Warren, Dong-Won Kim, Gary Diggins
Cover image: Dong-Won Kim
Graphic design: Frédérique Laliberté

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Vertical Squirrels Guelph, Ontario

The music of the Vertical Squirrels is group-improvised, live in the moment, and draws on a potent mixture of free jazz and post rock sensibilities with nods to Indian ragas, jazz-inflected minimalism, Zappa-esque bouts of sonic anarchy, and German rock music from the 1970s. ... more

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