these things seem natural to us, by duo B.

these things seem natural to us

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	1.	so it's just the two of you 02:29
	2.	upstream 05:12
	3.	étendue 05:43
	4.	half the band, twice the trouble 03:14
	5.	counterclockwise 03:48
	6.	year of the poached egg 02:24
	7.	(intro to) No. 29B (or not) 04:34
	8.	tokyo elevator heat 02:42
	9.	dozing at the bottom of a well 02:39
	10.	only room for one of us 03:42
	11.	soft spot 01:44
	12.	hot rodd flamez 05:25

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Originally released as limited-edition CD on Evander Records in 2006.
Digital re-release May 2017 on Minus Zero, with all proceeds benefitting Planned Parenthood.

duo B., the San Francisco Bay Area improvising and composing ensemble of percussionist Jason Levis and bassist Lisa Mezzacappa, is a musical think tank of grand schemes and impossible scenarios. For more than ten years, the ensemble has developed and refined its singular approach to improvisation and composition, through cross-disciplinary projects with film, collaborations with improvising instrumentalists at home and abroad, study of repertoire by like-minded composer-improvisers, and immersion in the improvised-composed musical worlds of masters Wadada Leo Smith, Anthony Braxton, Cecil Taylor, Henry Threadgill, and others.

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released May 5, 2017

Jason Levis, drums, percussion
Lisa Mezzacappa, acoustic bass

Recorded by John Finkbeiner at CNMAT, Berkeley CA and at New, Improved Recording, Oakland CA, May–August 2006.

Track 12 recorded by Myles Boisen at Guerrilla Recording, Oakland CA, December 2005

Mixed and mastered by Myles Boisen at the Headless Buddha Mastering Lab, Oakland, CA.

Artwork: Deborah Aschheim / CD design: Stephanie Lachowicz

All music by Jason Levis and Lisa Mezzacappa, except 3 and 12 composed by Jason Levis, and 7 by Anthony Braxton.

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duo B., the San Francisco Bay Area improvising and composing ensemble of drummer Jason Levis and bassist Lisa Mezzacappa, is a musical think tank of grand schemes and impossible scenarios. The band has developed and refined its singular, hyper-rehearsed and highly conceptual improvisational approach over more than a dozen years of collaboration. ... more

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