RELEASED 28.3.2012
Floratone, the collaborative ensemble known for creating a sound described as ‘futuristic roots music', is back with Floratone II-the follow up to their highly acclaimed debut and their first for the Savoy Jazz label. Floratone features the core group of Bill Frisell on guitar, Matt Chamberlain on drums and percussion and producers Lee Townsend and Tucker Martine. The Floratone concept arose in 2005 when Frisell and Chamberlain turned themselves loose in a Seattle studio for a session of free improvisation. Townsend and Martine then manipulated the tapes and created new musical structures; bassist Victor Krauss threaded lines into the bottom; Frisell wrote horn and string arrangements for cornetist Ron Miles and violin/viola player Eyvind Kang; and Frisell and Chamberlain overdubbed more guitar and drum parts.
Disc 1: The Bloom Is On More Pluck Snake, Raattle Parade Not Over Ever Move Do You Have It? The Time, The Place No Turn Back The Time, The Place (Part 2) Gimme Some Grin And Bite Stand By This