Contemporary Drummer [Redactions]

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Release Date: 2020-07-24

Label: Hi-Res Audio

The seventh title in a series of short-run "Hi-Res Audio" releases, this edition of "Contemporary Drummer " was manufactured during July 2020, and comes as a C-72 Cassette Tape Custom-Loaded With Music Grade Normal Bias Tape, each housed in its own Clear/Burgundy Norelco Case (with the apropos gold-foil-stamped sticker affixed to the lower-right of the cover) along with full-color printed labels & J-Cards. These were dubbed (hot) to tape from the original masters in batches of 4 via a Recordex Soundmaster IV here in the studio in Brooklyn, NY, and the fidelity/experience is greatly heightened due to this process.

As this was the last of the "Redactions" (for now, and for the foreseeable future) on the cusp of the piece's 5-year anniversary, it felt right to commemorate the journey from concept to form to refinement in such a grandiose way with this edition. The A-Side featured the complete, uninterrupted performance at Constellation on February 29th, 2020, and the B-Side is a layering of the three "Grain Stretch" takes for a subdued/sublime come-down.