{"product_id":"greg-fox-contact","title":"Greg Fox - Contact","description":"\u003ch3\u003eCAT: RVNGNL59\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRelease Date:\u003cbr\u003eMay 29, 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGreg Fox’s\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eContact\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e is an extension and evolution of the multidisciplinary artist’s rigorous, virtuosic sound-making practices. On \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eContact\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, the devoted performer, intrepid composer and avid collaborator channels an alchemy of influences and ideas through the kinetic exchange of human and percussive forms. Produced and mixed by\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e Randall Dunn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eContact\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e sees Fox accessing ever more raw and ruminative states, processing the tumult of sentience into stick-hit-drum.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e2017’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Gradual Progression\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e introduced Fox’s synergistic relationship with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSensory Percussion \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003emusic technology, a conspiratorial force in developing his gestural jazz and metal mathematics into four-limbed polyphony. With Dunn tasked to further Fox’s gradual progress, the two focused their combined energy on the intricacies of sound design during an intense, immersive recording process. On the other end of the deep dive, the duo had yielded something ritualistic and minimalistic, both building on and stripping back Fox’s previous work while welcoming an honest and cathartic weight and collaboration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThroughout \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eContact\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, melody-blossoming rhythm patterns are interceded by straight, unadorned drumming. The album grows silence into sound with its opener, “Vedana,” a clamor of tuned percussion ringing out into space. By its third entry, the palpating “Contact (sukha \u0026amp; somanassa),” we are transported to an intimate situation, as if sitting on the drummer’s throne. Fox’s mesmeric playing is both technically impactful and electrically spontaneous from this vantage, which we return to again with a brusquer “Contact (dukkha \u0026amp; domanassa)” and its liberated conclusion “Contact (upekkhā).”  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eTransformative manifestations of interior states are released between, in the epic rise and fall of “Arising and Passing” and “From the Cessation of What,” where melodics arrive in spurts before flowing freely along with barreling percussion. And then there’s the slow deliberation of “Ill Being”, a simple resounding ostinato stabilizing fervent energies. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eContact\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e was delivered during a period of intense creative, emotional and spiritual growth. Fox takes the concept of sensation and pushes it beyond its technical potential into philosophical realms. While a reference to the instrumental impact, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eContact\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e also embodies the phenomenon of sensation in lived experience, and Buddhist notions about painful and pleasant physical and mental sensations, from which one may be liberated through internal process. We are offered a close, confidential perspective on this process through\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e Contact\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, as Fox works through the impact before us. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eGreg Fox’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eContact\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e will be made available May 29, 2020 on vinyl and digital formats. The album features original artwork by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmma Kohlmann\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e and design by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eWill Work For Good\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vp8KQ17QdRY\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nYwl489iDes\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"RVNGNL59","offers":[{"title":"DIGITAL - $8","offer_id":31966279401535,"sku":"RVNGN59DIGI","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP - $24","offer_id":31966279335999,"sku":"RVNGNL59LP","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP Bundle - $33","offer_id":32017058660415,"sku":"GFXBUNDLE","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0026\/6993\/6709\/products\/RVNGNL59-Digi-Cover-1500px.png?v=1595627609","url":"https:\/\/igetrvng.com\/products\/greg-fox-contact","provider":"RVNG Intl.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}