For all you Medeski Martin & Wood fans out there, you probably know about the Radiolarian series. A 3 disc series of all new material written and recorded throughout their year-long tour.
Here’s the new track “Free Go Lilly” off of Radiolarians 1 due out September 30th, available for preorder at the MMW Store ($20, plus the first 300 copies are signed).
Artwork, tracklisting and more after the jump.
Track Listing:
1. First Light
2. Cloud Wars
3. Muchas Gracias
4. Professor Nohair
5. Reliquary
6. Free Go Lily
7. Rolling Son
8. Sweet Pea Dreams
9. God Fire
10. Hidden Moon
Full post from the MMW website:
“In February MMW began their RADIOLARIAN SERIES, a three run, three record project. In direct contrast to they way things are usually done, MMW decided to spend 2008 composing the skeleton of new music, taking it on the road to flesh out the compositions, and finally putting the by now well played notes down as tracks. Write > Tour > Record > Repeat. Three times.
The final records will be released as The Radiolarian Series.
Radiolarians (also radiolaria) are amoeboid protozoa that produce intricate mineral skeletons, typically with a central capsule dividing the cell into inner and outer portions, called endoplasm and ectoplasm. “
These “Unicellular Planktonic Marine Organisms” grow their intricately beautiful patterned skeleton around their soft core in defiance of normal biological process, similarly to Medeski Martin and Woods latest creative cycle.
Some of the best examples of Radiolaria can be found in German Biologist Ernst Haeckel’s book Art Forms From The Ocean: The Radiolarian Atlas Of 1862.”
Medeski Martin & Wood tour dates:
10.12 – Seattle, WA – Moore Theater
10.13 – Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
10.14 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater
10.15 – Eugene, OR – McDonald Theater
10.16 – Arcata, CA – Van Duzer Theater
10.18 – Petaluma, CA – McNears Mystic Theater
10.19 – Santa Cruz, CA – Rio Theater
10.20 – San Fransico, CA – The Fillmore
10.21 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theater
10.22 – Sparks, NV – Celebrity Showroom
