If you’ve ever stepped foot on a skateboard, you’re in the club for life. For Toronto-based saxophonist Joseph Shabason, this revelation provided the inspiration for his latest project: a new album-length score for the classic 1996 skate video, Toy Machine’s Welcome To Hell. With the blessing of company founder, pro skater, and visual artist Ed Templeton (who also provided album art), Shabason’s Welcome To Hell is a passion project dating back to his formative childhood memories.
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Diversions: Joseph Shabason
Diversions, a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, catches up with our favorite artists as they wax on subjects other than recording and performing.
Shabason, Krgovich & Harris :: Philadelphia
On Philadelphia, the debut album of softly awe-inspiring sophisti-pop from Joseph Shabason, Nicholas Krgovich, and Chris Harris, the trio bond over hey also bonded over a shared love of Japanese New Age, Japan, and Arthur Russell.
Joseph Shabason and Drew Jurecka :: Gymnopedie No. 1
With Gymnopedie No. 1, Toronto saxophonist Joseph Shabason returns once more with a new fourth world adult contemporary tone zone, finding new resonance in Satie’s timeless memories.
Joseph Shabason :: I Don’t Want To Be Your Love (feat. Dan Bejar)
Stunning video for Joseph Shabason’s “I Don’t Want to Be Your Love.”
What follows is an illuminating and wonderful dive into the sublime, via both the textures of Shabason’s beautifully spare compositions and the surrealist bent of the world created by writer and director Zach Shields. Dan Bejar’s hazy vocals float like the dust in those headlights, which remind us that overwhelming beauty can be found in the strangest of places.
Joseph Shabason :: The Anne EP
Joseph Shabason :: Long Swim
Joseph Shabason has performed saxophone on recordings from the likes of Destroyer and the War on Drugs. Aytche , his first solo album, was released by Western Vinyl at the end […]
Shirley Hurt :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
A recurring narrative runs throughout Shirley Hurt. It’s a catalog of recollections, some are challenging and others provide bursts of exuberance. She joins us to discuss it.
Aquarium Drunkard :: 2023 Year in Review
Looking back to look ahead. It’s our Year In Review 2023. As always, our list is unranked and unruly. Let it blurb.
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Old Fire :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
On John Mark Lapham’s second release under the moniker Old Fire Voids, the musician and filmmaker creates a sprawling and meditative odyssey through the darkest corners of the West Texas towns that continues to spark his imagination. A guest-filled journey with vocal and lyrical contributions by Bill Callahan, Adam Torres, Emily Cross and Julia Holter, Lapham pulls elements from post-rock, avant-country, spiritual jazz, and murky drones to soundtrack eroding structures that cast shadows in the desert for nefarious characters to hide.
An Introduction To Ansible Editions
After celebrating their tenth anniversary in 2021, Toronto’s Idée Fixe Records welcomed a sibling into their label family. Founders Jeff McMurrich and Alex Durlak recently announced the birth of Ansible Editions, a sister imprint “devoted to documenting vivid, imaginative music along the periphery of jazz.” Fans of the label’s releases from The Cosmic Range will find themselves right at home, with some of the city’s most celebrated and prolific experimental musicians serving as tour guides for Ansible’s inaugural batch.
Music For The Deluge: A Sonic Meditation
A sonic meditation crafted during an exceptionally fierce 24 hour downpour in northeast Los Angeles. An imaginary hour and half instrumental score.
Aquarium Drunkard :: 2018 Year In Review
Here it is. Our obligatory year-end review. The following is an unranked list of albums that caught, and kept, our attention in 2018. Let it blurb. – AD
Aquarium Drunkard :: 2017 Year In Review
Here it is. Our obligatory year-end review. The following is an unranked list of albums that caught, and kept, our attention in 2017. Let it blurb