The Calgary-based composer and multi-instrumentalist Jairus Sharif returns with Basis of Unity, his third album under his own name, later this month via Telephone Explosion Records. With the one exception of some freestyle spoken word courtesy of original CAN vocalist Malcolm Mooney on the track “We Be,” Sharif handles all the instrumentation and production himself on this droning symphony of ambient noise and free jazz – armed with a cadre that includes alto saxophone, electronics, percussion, drums, bass, keyboard, samplers, and “small instruments.”
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Jairus Sharif :: Surfacing
On “Surfacing,” the first taste from Jairus Sharif’s forthcoming album, Water & Tools, the Calgary-based saxophonist just dares you to catch up. Menacing and droned-out from the jump, Sharif leaps into four-and-a-half indelible minutes of free jazz consumed with ambient electronics, dubbed out atmospherics, and pulsating percussion. Landing somewhere between Sons of Kemet and Fred Madison’s fateful Luna Lounge gig, this thing takes absolutely no prisoners.