{"product_id":"darius-jones-fluxkit-vancouver-its-suite-but-sacred","title":"DARIUS JONES - Fluxkit Vancouver (Its Suite But Sacred)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLP - Black Vinyl \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ewith heavy-duty tip-on sleeve, OBI. Original art piece cover by Stan Douglas, liner notes by Harmony Holiday. We Jazz x Northern Spy quality!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA radiant manifesto of artistic freedom, \u003cem\u003efLuXkit Vancouver (i?t?s suite but sacred)\u003c\/em\u003e brings together a composition in four movements written and performed by Jones on alto saxophone, long-time collaborator \u003cstrong\u003eGerald Cleaver\u003c\/strong\u003e on drums, and four Vancouver-based string musicians: violinists \u003cstrong\u003eJesse Zubot\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eJosh Zubot\u003c\/strong\u003e, cellist \u003cstrong\u003ePeggy Lee\u003c\/strong\u003e and bassist \u003cstrong\u003eJames Meger\u003c\/strong\u003e; with original artwork by \u003cstrong\u003eStan Douglas\u003c\/strong\u003e and liner notes by poet \u003cstrong\u003eHarmony Holiday\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCommissioned by \u003cstrong\u003eWestern Front\u003c\/strong\u003e, an artist-run center for multidisciplinary experimentation and the historic home of the avant-garde in Vancouver, Jones drew inspiration from Western Front’s art is life ethos and its legacy of exchange with creative musicians such as \u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Lewis\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eOrnette Coleman\u003c\/strong\u003e. Composed across a series of residencies beginning in 2019 and recorded in June 2022 at Western Front’s iconic Grand Luxe Hall, \u003cem\u003efLuXkit Vancouver (i?t?s suite but sacred)\u003c\/em\u003e is the first collaborative release with Brooklyn-based \u003cstrong\u003eNorthern Spy\u003c\/strong\u003e and Helsinki-based \u003cstrong\u003eWe Jazz Records\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe album’s spirited first movement, \u003cem\u003eFluxus V5T 1S1\u003c\/em\u003e, reveals a compositional universe as penetrating as it is expansive. For Fluxus artists, art can exist anywhere. This can take the physical form of a fluxkit, a collection of artworks and everyday objects placed in a small container or box. By challenging definitions and pushing artistic boundaries, anyone who opens a fluxkit can experience an art event. Jones presents us with a fluxkit that we want to reopen again and again.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe cover art for \u003cem\u003efLuXkit Vancouver\u003c\/em\u003e was contributed by internationally acclaimed Vancouver-based artist Stan Douglas. Part of Douglas’ \u003cem\u003eDCT\u003c\/em\u003e series (2016 - ongoing), \u003cem\u003eOcc6\u003c\/em\u003e is a brightly colored abstraction created through manipulating frequencies, amplitudes, and color values at the point in the digitization process where a photographic image is only represented by code. \u003cem\u003eOcc6\u003c\/em\u003e mesmerizes and in turn offers a visual language that is untethered from conventional notions of the art form. “Stan found this world inside of a machine. Is this a photo?” Jones asks. “Is it a painting? What am I looking at? Maybe something that doesn’t exist anywhere else.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe music of \u003cem\u003efLuXkit Vancouver\u003c\/em\u003e also exists in between worlds: Is this a compositional suite? Is it sacred music? Or is it simply art? Jones’ score includes visual components — a 25 unique graphics key for extended technique on strings — alongside standard musical notation. “I wanted the musicians to respond in a way that was unique to them, to explore the relationship between what we hear and how we see, where sound becomes visual, emotional, and visceral.” That relationship is seen in the second movement Zubot, a bopping earthy elixir, and in the third movement Rainbow, an alluring and sultry ballad. “The music has a cinematic quality. Like Duke Ellington’s \u003cem\u003eFar East Suite\u003c\/em\u003e, I wanted to tell a story about a place,” Jones says.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe album’s fourth and final movement, \u003cem\u003eDamon \u0026amp; Pythias\u003c\/em\u003e, marks Jones’ chrysalis as a sonic painter. The 100-year-old building that houses Western Front was originally a fraternal lodge of the Knights of Pythias. When Jones arrived in 2019, he encountered a multidisciplinary space that had fully integrated art practice into daily life. Between composing, Jones spent time with Fluxus artist and Western Front founder \u003cstrong\u003eEric Metcalfe\u003c\/strong\u003e and explored their historical archive. “I was able to sit and converse frequently with Metcalfe about why he and other artists created Western Front and how they were influenced by a movement called Fluxus. 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