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So often a dedication can seemed forced, especially between the visual
arts and music, like trying to draw a line we all hope is there. In this instance, it happened very spontaneously and it was exciting to be able to connect my two strongest interests this way.

Toward the end of the session, while listening to the earlier takes, I
felt like we needed another approach, with more distance from the
instruments. I thought of Brice Marden drawing with a long stick cut from a tree to
distance himself from the canvas or paper -- and then I saw a shop broom.I immediately thought of Joseph Beuys and his performance/vitrine "Ausfegen," where he swept Karl-Marx-Platz, Berlin in 1972, the year Kristian and I were born. He deposited the contents (see titles) and the broom in a vitrine and a recording of the action plays from a speaker next to it.

For the next piece we recorded, which ended up being track 7, I asked Kristian to play his guitar with the shop broom, and I used two double basses (thanks to Tony Dryer for the second bass), both prepared, laying on their backs, played standing with two bows.

Damon Smith
May 2007

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from BPA 012 Ausfegen, released March 9, 2013

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