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Concord Ballet Orchestra Players

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we make music. (it just happens)we practice in Somerville. (when we do)we like to play. (tell us where)we make it fun (listen here)..Mats Gustafson wrote about us in Broken Face , his long-running, now-blog zine. Here's what he had to say: "I’ve been meaning to write about Concord Ballet Orchestra Players Flying Together (Froyen Foods/Insect Fields) ever since I first heard it at Terrastock 7 in Louisville earlier this year. But sometimes you just try too hard and end up with nothing. This three-track CD-R is well worth your time though as it dips its toes in heavily psychedelicised folk waters with an impressive ease and also adds a very welcome krautrock flavor to the mix which makes the end results sound as much as Faust as No Neck Blues Band. I am not necessarily saying that this is as great yet but they’re definitely showing a lot of promise. Primitive oscillations, repetitive guitar figures and tribal grooves hover over your head like some airplane out of control. The rumor says that there might be a full-length album in the pipeline on a well-established Swedish underground label and I just hope that they have the ability to spread the gospel about what these guys do, because they truly deserve some more attention.""A true collective" -The Boston Globe"Figures sprout up and coerce the sounds around them to follow; repetitive phrases gently degrade and embellish themselves in smoky iterations; and, as if through some sort of charitable magic, the wank factor hovers at near-zero." - The Weekly Dig"Nous avons tout transgressé, y compris les limites de la verité! Mais nous sommes véritablement au-delà.For what we do is no longer transgression: If the modern question (XVI centurty) was what can said to be beauty? and the post-modern question (XX century)was 'what can be said to be art?'. Then the post-post modern question is, what can be said to be beauty...'" -Rhys Chatham

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Member Since: 5/23/2006
Band Website: cbop.wordpress.com
Band Members:

Jeff Breeze

Kyle Bittinger

Joe Mahoney

Kris Thompson

Ramsey Tantawi

Andy Tefft

Ben Macri

Ben Lucal

Daryl Dragon

Influences: Tony Conrad and Faust , Can , Captain and Tenille
Sounds Like: Krautrock north of the Charles River
Record Label: Froyen Foods, Insect Fields, Philharmonic Hominy
Type of Label: Indie

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from Womblifehttp://womblife.blogspot.com/2009/01/this-is-my-musi c-vol-2-rainbow-in.htmlConcord Ballet Orchestra Players Flying Together (Froyen Foods/Insect Fields) CD-R - Now here is the business: a...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:38:00 GMT

We were on the radio.... wanna hear?

best recording we've had yet... download it here or search iTunes for us:http://headphones.mit.edu/pipeline/Concord_Ballet_Orchest ra_Players__26August2008.MP3
Posted by on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:34:00 GMT

A new way to listen - Last.fm

For those seeking more CBOP on the web, we now have a presence on Last.fm, the up-'n'-coming "viral" music community & personalized web radio service.http://www.last.fm/music/Concord+Ballet+Orches...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:16:00 GMT

CBOP in the Globe again

In Today's Boston Globe: (1/10/2007)HEADS UPTomorrowThe Concord Ballet Orchestra Players, a collaborative of Bostonmusicians who make psychedelic orchestral noises together (and aren'tbased in Concord...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:01:00 GMT

Vote for Us!

Vote for the CBOP-ers in Noise Poll Jeff's in the DJ category, and Kris Thompson is in the "Other Instrument" category.  Next year CBOP will rule the "Best Swedish Import CD" categroy! http://www...
Posted by on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:03:00 GMT

Foggy Notions

We played a show Saturday night at the Abbey Lounge, and it wasstrange from the get-go.  Friends of ours were playing on the pubstage, but the band before us was this Euro-band that was, shall we...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 06:57:00 GMT

CBOP in the Boston Globe

Hope to see everyone tonight! Thanks to Joan Hathaway for the great pic that has gone uncredited in the Globe...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:16:00 GMT

5000 Friends!

Thanks to everyone who has visited this site and listened to our music... if only all of you were to show up at P.A.s Lounge in Somerville tomorrow night that would truly cause a commotion... For thos...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:46:00 GMT

CBOP in Boston's Weekly Dig!

Here's where those not in Boston can find our first feature online: http://www.weeklydig.com/articles/concord_ballet_orchestra_p layers/ aww heck let's make it easy, just read: CONCORD BALLET ORCHESTRA...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 14:39:00 GMT