About Me
Our first record, Introducing::, is now for sale online. All covers are hand-made by the group and Laurie Herbert.
Track listing:
1/Introducing::
2/Things we need to talk about
3/We recycle.
4/Final Deconstruction
5/because shirts are soft
6/S.C.U.D.
7/Bowerbird Song
8/LoudTwos
9/Drums are forward instruments
Purchase here .
Matthew Golombisky (acoustic/electric bass, effects, likable noise, and melodica) and Quin Kirchner (drums, samples, melodica, and tapes) originally met in New Orleans over four years ago. After their meeting, they began to play as much as possible together with groups such as QMRplus , Grilly Biggs , Red Shift , The Hall Monitors , The Other Planets , etc. After Hurricane Katrina swept through, Golombisky moved to Chicago to finish graduate school and Kirchner spent some time in New York City, studying at the Manhattan School of Music, but soon they were reunited in Chicago where they both currently reside.
This new project, with old collective roots, is alive and exciting. With meter changing grooves to audio landscapes and haunting melodies, they capture the audience immediately. Golombisky improvises melodic passages that seem like they've been worked on for years on acoustic and electric bass with (or without) an array of effects. He also plays melodica, various percussion, and samples live events, manipulating them into chaos, or melancholic drones. Kirchner, with his drum set and percussion toys, lays down beats that are not to be ignored by any being. One can always hear so many influences coming through each stroke, from his studies in Cuba to his street and university education in New Orleans, Chicago, and New York City. His use of melodica and tape machine is an important element in this duo's sound. Without it, it's a different band.
Since their arrival in Chicago, they have been blessed to be welcomed to the jazz and creative music scene, playing with such greats as Jeb Bishop, Dave Rempis, Kent Kessler, Tim Daisy, Daniele D'Agaro, Nate McBride, Josh Berman, Jason Adasiewicz, Sam Macy, among others, and in bands such as, Tomorrow Music Orchestra , Lucky 7s , Pedway , and ZING! .
In their past, they have shared the stage with Ellis Marsalis, Jason Marsalis, Maurice Brown, James Singleton, Ed Petersen, Will Thompson, Simon Lott, Brian Coogan, Steve Masakowski, Brian Seeger, Doug Bickel, John Ellis, Jeff Albert, John Frelich, Dr. Jimbo Walsh, Rob Wagner, Jesse McBride, Trombone Shorty, Irene Sage, Moyuba, etc.
