Coal Vig by vacuum tree head

The 1996 album Coal Vig, a work greatly inspired by James Joyce and the post-World War I composition scene, saw the band take a great leap forward due the many skills of the incredible multi-instrumentalist Richard E Barber.

"Pleasantly jarring concoctions of influences from noizart to klezmer to fringe jazz and beyond; on these mid-1990s recordings, as in its live performances, the band leans heavily on jabbering woodwinds (saxophone, bassoon, clarinet, et al) to create shifty foundations for further elaboration by electric guitar, bass, violin, drums, percussion, piccolo, samplers, and vocals--textures which regularly and unexpectedly turn on a dime while bombarding you with slew after slew of choppy improvisation, tossing you back and forth between bewilderment and wonder."

-Prem Lall, bayimprovisor.com

Tracklist

1.	Here Comes Everybody	1:32

2.	Ghoti Vigoda	0:59

3.	Quarrent Eye Dose	2:10

4.	Y Colors	5:36

5.	Krell Wonders	0:53

6.	Devereaux	2:17

7.	Nudos	1:15

8.	Moto Secreto	3:15

9.	Cauldron Wholefield	4:00

10.	Bearing Gaffners	1:59

11.	Craveyard	2:41

12.	Zyzyxx Road V	9:40

13.	Ponlas Enelcinto	1:00

Credits

released June 9, 1996

Aaron Ambrose - metals / Ron Anderson - bass guitar / Richard E Barber - clarinet, bassoon, saxophones, keyboards, synthesizers / Jason Berry - sounds, various instruments / Michael de la Cuesta - guitars, trumpet / Erica Fallin - guitars, flute, piccolo / Michael Mellinder - trumpet / Ian Noble - percussion / Hillary Pryde - voice / Thomas Scandura - drum kit / Rale Sidebottom - metals / Glenn Sorvisto - drum kit / Matthew Waldron - bass guitar, chapman stick, guitar synthesizer

With guests Christina Connor, Mark Johnson, Greg Kunkel, Jon Sanchez, and more!

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