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For \u003cem\u003eTomorrow Was the Golden Age\u003c\/em\u003e, the group whittled down from the eleven players on their first album, \u003cem\u003eCity Lake\u003c\/em\u003e, to seven: two upright bassists, two clarinetists, a cellist and a tape delay tech, all supporting David Moore's sublime yet resonant piano scores.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoore is responsible for the compelling melodies mediating the overarching ambience of \u003cem\u003eTomorrow Was the Golden Age\u003c\/em\u003e. Outside of Bing \u0026amp; Ruth, Moore is also a multi-faceted composer, scoring under his own name and for old-time fiddle groups, which he describes as “drone-based with a lessened concern for perfect intonation.” These ventures illustrate Moore's unpretentious devotion to various musical traditions, yet Bing \u0026amp; Ruth remains Moore's principal project, where form ventures even further beyond recognition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith untethered textures inspired by the indeterminate music of \u003cb\u003eMorton Feldman\u003c\/b\u003e and later torch bearer \u003cb\u003eGavin Bryars\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTomorrow Was the Golden Age\u003c\/em\u003e achieves canon-level quality for instrumental music. Within the piece’s extended passages, Bing \u0026amp; Ruth wander through gradient fields of color, illuminated by a delicate architecture of slowly developing microtonal harmonies, \u003cb\u003eSteve Reich\u003c\/b\u003e-ian piano lines and the same analog tape delay that launched both \u003cb\u003eBrian Eno\u003c\/b\u003e's \u003cem\u003eApollo\u003c\/em\u003e and the greatest dub reggae engineers into the unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoore employed fundamental contrasts as the conceptual mode for \u003cem\u003eTomorrow Was the Golden Age\u003c\/em\u003e. “I wanted to take something from the darkness to the light and observe what that process would result in,” states Moore. Daybreak offered one contrast, with its untraceable hues from dawn to sunrise. Silence and its intrinsic gift of listening offered another. The emergence of \u003cem\u003eTomorrow Was the Golden Age\u003c\/em\u003e from the two is Bing \u0026amp; Ruth's epic and ultimate reprisal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe players on \u003cem\u003eTomorrow Was the Golden Age\u003c\/em\u003e are David Moore on piano, \u003cb\u003eJeremy Viner\u003c\/b\u003e on clarinet, \u003cb\u003ePatrick Breiner\u003c\/b\u003e on clarinet, \u003cb\u003eMike Effenberger\u003c\/b\u003e operating tape delay, \u003cb\u003eLeigh Stuart\u003c\/b\u003e on cello, and \u003cb\u003eJeff Ratner\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eGreg Chudzik\u003c\/b\u003e on bass, respectively. The album was recorded in Yonkers, New York and mixed in Brooklyn, with \u003cb\u003eBrian Bender\u003c\/b\u003e and Moore at the controls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntended to be experienced at both high and low volumes, \u003cem\u003eTomorrow Was the Golden Age\u003c\/em\u003e is perfectly calibrated for meditative backdrops, burrowed headphone listening and utter captivation when performed live. 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Initially pressed in an unusually limited edition five years ago, the ensemble’s stunning full-length debut is now released in simultaneously refined and expanded form. With bonus tracks and new, visceral mastering, the album gleams all the more and signals a spree of live performances this fall revisiting the material.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the principal leader of Bing \u0026amp; Ruth, \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Moore\u003c\/strong\u003e assembles his orchestral roster according to the scope of each piece and recording setting. 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