To Be Surrounded By Beautiful, Curious, Breathing, Laughing Flesh Is Enough

by Deerhoof

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Seb Rolley Deerhoof have always played with jazz influence so to see them collaborate with the legendary Wadada Leo Smith was always going to be sick. Maybe one of the best Deerhoof albums??

richard knight This has just blown me away! Are they always this good? Favorite track: Breakup Songs (live).

Lee Tyler Baseball is cancelled!

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100% of album proceeds benefit Black Lives Matter. www.blacklivesmatter.com

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1.	Believe E.S.P. (live) 03:27	buy track
2.	Chandelier Searchlight (live) 04:07	buy track
3.	I Will Spite Survive (live) 03:29	buy track
4.	Mountain Moves (live) 01:39	buy track
5.	Polly Bee (live) 02:26	buy track
6.	Bad Kids to the Front (live) 02:44	buy track
7.	Snoopy Waves (live) 02:24	buy track
8.	Breakup Songs (live) 02:08	buy track
9.	Flower (live) 01:50	buy track
10.	Last Fad (live) 07:54	buy track
11.	Mirror Monster (live) 04:48	buy track

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Sharing its name with a line from Walt Whitman's "I Sing The Body Electric" the new live album captures the band of Satomi Matsuzaki, Ed Rodriguez, John Dieterich, and Greg Saunier in peak form, and culminates in a thrilling five-song collaborative set with legendary avant-garde jazz trumpeter/composer Wadada Leo Smith as part of New York City’s Winter Jazzfest at Le Poisson Rouge.

100% of album proceeds benefit Black Lives Matter. www.blacklivesmatter.com

Wadada Leo Smith says of the organization: "Black Lives Matter has been doing fantastic work in keeping the rights and the liberty issues up-front in the minds of the Americans and international peoples. I think that BLM organization is an excellent place to give support to and to help bring democratic practices into the American society. Since in today’s world, true democracy is not practiced anywhere on the planet. Human Rights is a colossal type of event for anyone to realize, and it’s hard to do. But it must be done and I believe it can be achieved. What makes it so hard is that true democratic principles demand that all human beings respect the rights of others, and that we develop the capacity to share the wealth, the power and the earth and the sky together, with the condition that we collectively work to build a peaceful world. For all of us!"

Saunier adds: "Part of what makes touring life so great was how unpredictable it is. All the unexpected encounters, promoters and audiences and performers willing to take a risk. That's what playing together with Wadada was for us. The corporate world seems to want to define 'musician' as 'internet content competitor' but the actual people who make music have to find ways out of that trap. That's why I'm touched that a master improviser like Wadada would bring up true democracy. To me, democracy and improvisation are linked, and they appear spontaneously at times like these, when strangers come
together to take action, and there is no rulebook."

credits

released July 3, 2020

Satomi Matsuzaki: vocals, bass
Ed Rodriguez: guitar, bass
John Dieterich: guitar
Greg Saunier: drums
Wadada Leo Smith: trumpet

Drawings: Satomi Matsuzaki
Layout: Ryan Hover

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Keepin it boxy and harsh since 1994.

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Plaza de Toros de Torremolinos

Torremolinos, Spain

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