{"product_id":"rvngnl38","title":"Greg Fox - The Gradual Progression","description":"\u003ch3\u003eCAT: RVNGNL38\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRelease Date:\u003cbr\u003e September 08, 2017 (digital)\u003cbr\u003e September 08, 2017 (physical)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf your order contains a pre-order record, it will be held and shipped complete when pre-order stock arrives.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Gradual Progression\u003c\/em\u003e is a transformative collection of new music by \u003cstrong\u003eGreg Fox\u003c\/strong\u003e. The seven pieces of \u003cem\u003eThe Gradual Progression\u003c\/em\u003e activate spiritual states through physical means, Fox’s rigorous inner rhythms the mandalic vessel for unbound expression and arrangement. \u003cem\u003eTGP\u003c\/em\u003e signals both a reconciliation of disparate musical ventures and a new nirvanic stage in the artist’s oeuvre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFox views \u003cem\u003eTGP\u003c\/em\u003e as an exploration of selfhood, and more specifically, the search for his true voice as an artist. Though such a journey is by nature ongoing, if not essentially elusive, the discoveries along the path are the musical riches of \u003cem\u003eTGP\u003c\/em\u003e. For his second solo album, Fox employs new methods of externalizing his polyrhythmic virtuosity into non-physical realms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis transfer of energy is achieved through responsive environments tethered to various aspects of the performance. Sensors attached to Fox’s drum kit trigger tonal palettes, or virtual instruments invented for each piece, which Fox communes with in the post-Free Jazz manner. That is, locating and emphasizing states of universal resonance in solo and ensemble settings in place of demonstrating individual ability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is where the album’s canonic influences - and inventors - are most recognizable. \u003cstrong\u003ePharoah Sanders’\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eElevation\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eDon Cherry’s\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eOrganic Music Society\u003c\/em\u003e come to mind, though the guidance of master drummer and holistic healer \u003cstrong\u003eMilford Graves\u003c\/strong\u003e ultimately made \u003cem\u003eTGP\u003c\/em\u003e possible. For Fox’s astonishing 2014 album \u003cem\u003eMitral Transmissions\u003c\/em\u003e, Graves assisted Fox in adapting software that translated output signals from biological sources to virtual instruments. For \u003cem\u003eTGP\u003c\/em\u003e, Fox again used percussion to initiate passages whose intensity and vibrancy match Fox’s energetic presence and focus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdapting the ‘intuitive gesture’ of action painting, and other responsive means of art-making, Fox developed a musical language constructed to isolate its most emotional and felt states for exploration. The subjective themes that inspired these deep spaces of TGP are numerous: personal loss, self-improvement, and artistic struggle, to name a few.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnother theme, hiding in plain sight, is Fox’s drumming. Years of supplying spin in collaborative bodies (\u003cstrong\u003eGuardian Alien\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eEx Eye\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eLiturgy\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eZs\u003c\/strong\u003e) becomes a symbol of materiality on \u003cem\u003eTGP\u003c\/em\u003e, of organic animated energy seeking beyond its boundaries. Fox describes this tactile element as “sensing the emotionality and physicality of the world with the senses and through mental processes––about touching the walls of a pitch black room.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTGP\u003c\/em\u003e includes contributions from musicians \u003cstrong\u003eCurtis Santiago\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Beharie\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eMaria Kim Grand\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eJustin Frye\u003c\/strong\u003e, all lending various voices through instrument and from within. Fox considers the power of Sensory Percussion, the software program developed by \u003cstrong\u003eTlacael Esparza\u003c\/strong\u003e that helped facilitate the vision for \u003cem\u003eTGP\u003c\/em\u003e, unprecedented - something akin to magic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough \u003cem\u003eTGP\u003c\/em\u003e tackles technical challenges, the inspirational core is the humanist goal of social progress and its parallel pursuit of self-knowledge. Fox strives for a new musical paradigm that focuses less on his drumming and more on its untapped potential as one element in a polyphonic unity. This dissolution of the self into a wider melodic abstraction signifies Fox’s real artistic accomplishment in \u003cem\u003eThe Gradual Progression\u003c\/em\u003e, rendering percussion’s dark matter as an invisible but essential element between rhythm and life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreg Fox’s \u003cem\u003eThe Gradual Progression\u003c\/em\u003e is available September 8, 2017 on LP, CD, and digital formats. 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