Seraphim was formed as a free-jazz outfit in the Fall of 2003. The group consists of veteran musicians brought together by psychologist and bassist Ken Critchfield to explore the emergent process of freely improvised music. This group builds on Ken’s earlier work in SLC with bass and drums (resulting in “Foundation,†released 1998) as well as with another free-jazz outfit; the Brooklyn-based, Holophrase. Compositions are spontaneously created in the moment, or involve loosely-defined parameters for the form and structure of a piece, requiring the musicians to stretch themselves in unusual directions. The result is a sound that rests almost entirely on dialog and conversation between the individual instruments – alliance, disagreement, misunderstanding, boredom, miasma, complete connection, it’s all in there. “Seraphim†was chosen as an identifier for the group because of the simultaneous association with mythic concepts of heaven and creation – creating order from disorder – as well as with destroying angels, returning order back to chaos.
Purchase our full length studio recording, "Hearing Voices" from Snocap (above),
CDBaby (more of the money goes directly to the band if you buy via CDBaby),
or Apple iTunes .
Ken Critchfield’s minimalist drum & bass work "Foundation" is also available from CDBaby.
And if you would like a REAL WORLD experience, please find our CDs at:
Postively 4th Street Music, 249 E 400 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84111.
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