Dust, by Ben Monder

Dust

by Ben Monder

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1.	Sleep 08:09	buy track
2.	Silent Neighbors 06:09	buy track
3.	Thethird Eyebrow 08:15	buy track
4.	Dust 10:59	buy track
5.	In Memoriam 06:40	buy track
6.	I'll Remember 06:19	buy track
7.	Gemini 08:17	buy track
8.	Late Green 04:39	buy track

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This newest album "Dust" reflects a quieter, more spacious/less aggressive sound than "Flux", his first work as a leader - which might be a more fitting initiation to Monder's personal sonic offering. "Flux" features more obvious rock influences, denser soundscapes, with more settled grooves (to use the term loosely). But here on "Dust", he adroitly balances sparse, textured chording with single-line excursions that often times reveals an underlying 12-tone/serial approach.
The support from Ben Street (bass) and Jim Black (drums, percussion) brings tremendous textural variety and controlled intensity to this session - especially Black, who is an absolute master of shifting, crashing time feels. He darts in, out and against the rhythmic flow with an ingenious array of effects and subtle phrasing which keeps this rather low-key affair more compelling to follow. The inclusion of "I'll Remember April" is only a tease, although bass/drums stay relatively close to home, Monder's oozing tone clusters and his alternating between chords/lines subvert playfully away from the basic changes. Monder's "Gemini" (which seems to be constructed over several movements) begins eerily enough with an angular, minimalistic line that gathers momentum only to fold upon itself again and again, eventually careening headfirst into a grunge-like assault - only to end as curiously minimal as it started. This is dark, spacious, heady stuff that warrants several listens before locking on to its intended target - but it is certainly a challenge worth pursuing.

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released June 27, 2006

Ben Monder - guitar
Ben Street - bass
Jim Black- drums & percussions

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Ben Monder New York, New York

discography

Live at 55 Bar

Feb 2021
Day After Day

Apr 2019
Hydra

Sep 2013
Bloom

May 2010
Dust

Jun 2006
Excavation

Jun 2006
Oceana

Oct 2005

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