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Chris Ruggiero (tape loops, piano, synth), Will Berman (piano, drums, percussion), Yannis Panos (trumpet, flugelhorn, piano, synth) Greg LaPine (woodwinds, piano)Secular Music Group (SMG) is a Connecticut-based ensemble working in the soft margins of jazz, free improvisation and minimalism. Their recordings explore the boundaries between structure and improvisation and between musical sound and atmosphere. SMG records entirely to analog reel-to-reel tape, a process that informs both the group’s aesthetic and workflow. Sessions are conducted without rehearsals; musicians receive skeletal notations shortly before recording begins. The process emphasizes spontaneity and interaction, capturing the music as it takes shape in real time. The imperfections of tape—its warmth, saturation, and track limitations—are not engineered out, but are embraced.
The result seems to drift in from another room, or another world: weathered, intimate, and uncannily out of time.
SMG Volume 2 will be out September 5th on Love All Day Records, you can find the music and pre-order the album on Bandcamp.
Sets at 8:30 & 10pm
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45 Crown St, New Haven, CT, United States, Connecticut 06510
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