Secret Curve

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Secret Curve
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Studio album by
PAK
ReleasedFebruary 2011
Genre Progressive rock
Label Tzadik

Secret Curve is a 2011 album by Ron Anderson's PAK. It was released on John Zorn's Tzadik label [1] as part of the composer series.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Overture"
  2. "Let Me Tell You Something"
  3. "Caffeine Static Rendezvous"
  4. "No Future"
  5. "Caro-Kann"
  6. "Secret Curve"
  7. "Mama’s Little Anarchist"
  8. "E4 or D4?"
  9. "Trebuchet"
  10. "Blinding Light"
  11. "Kempelen's Automaton"

Personnel

The Ashfield Sessions

Anderson released an earlier version of the compositions on Secret Curve as a limited edition live CDR called The Ashfield Sessions in 2008. 150 hand numbered copies were made. [2] Alex Lozupone said about the material "The new Pak has a tendency to fall into grooves more easily than the old (Ron is a bassist now!), which makes for a different sound - not a bad thing at all.".

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References

  1. "Volume Detail". Tzadik.com. 1912-04-20. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  2. "Ron Anderson | musician-composer-improviser | Catalog : PAK - The Ashfield Sessions (CDR)". www.ronanderson-molecules.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.