Week 1: Arcadia 5-0

Written By John Ray

This album captures Week 1 of Vintage Astronaut’s residency at Easy Tiger Beer Garden in Winston-Salem, NC, kicking off our Weekly Explorations sessions with some bold musical adventures. The goal of this session is to create something new, to improvise with computers and analog synths, and to create something beautiful - a portrait of this moment in time. We don't play any covers, only improvisation and some original compositions. The session was so killing, even the cops showed up to shut us down early—proof that the music was definitely hitting all the right frequencies.

Credits:

Joseph Dowdy // Tenor, soprano sax, flute, effects

Kevin Beck // Synthesizers, effects

Jonathan Greene // drums

John Daniel Ray // Bass, computer, effects

Daniel Fox Johnston // Videographer, ideas guy

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John Ray

John Daniel Ray is a progressive bassist and composer from Winston-Salem, NC. He specializes in using computers to augment his bass and voice in an improvisatory setting. He is passionate about improvised music, and enjoys playing with anyone who loves music, energy, and life as much as he does.



http://www.johndanielray.com
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