Isomorphism

Isomorphism

Track Listings

1. Minor You (Prelude)

2. Chaos Theory

3. Incidental Blues

4. Swimming Inside

5. Speaking in Tongues

6. Even Odds

7. Some Assembly Required

8. Minor you

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Avant-garde guitarist Rik Wright has developed a compelling and lyrical approach to his instrument that blends the technique and compositional theory utilized by more traditional jazz guitarists with the radical improvisation and adventurous textures found in the soundscapes of much of today's ambient and electronic music. His sonic voyages start with a classic jazz sound, but using innovative looping and audio processing, Rik quickly sidesteps the confines of any particular genre.

Rik has explored the terrain between rock, jazz and free improvisation on numerous recordings of his own groups, as well as frequently appearing as a guest with a variety of other artists. Besides continuing to perform with adventurous pop band Awkward Star and his celebrated avant-jazz group Disjunkt, he has recently been the recipient of assistance from the Jack Straw Foundation that he used to record a new project blending electronica with traditional jazz instrumentation. Rik is also currently completing a collaboration with DJ Vegan (entitled "negative_space") and remixing a recording of a live radio performance with free improvisation ensemble Resonants. In the past Rik has been critically recognized in his work with Jackhammer Trio, a pioneering group in the Seattle acid jazz scene. With recordings that range from free improvisation to electronic ambiance, from progressive art-rock to a full jazz quintet, Rik's artistic career has been a case study of versatility.

In 1998, Rik and drummer/producer Simon Grant founded HipSync Records. HipSync Records focuses on recording and promoting experimental music in the Pacific Northwest. By the end of 2002, HipSync Records will have recorded and internationally distributed ten full-length recordings. In affiliation with HipSync, Rik has promoted over a hundred other performances throughout the Pacific Northwest.

Product Description
In the Fall of 2001, Rik began working on his with producer and engineer Doug Haire at Jack Straw Productions. These sessions centered around intertwining ambient electronic improvisation with a live jazz quintet featuring Rik, Dan Blunck, Tony Grasso, Reuben Radding and Randy Doak.

The material began with numerous original jazz compositions that Rik had collected over the last few years. He then led the group through improvising around the compositions as opposed the playing just what was already written on the paper. The group recorded two full days of variations of the charts, deconstructing and reconstructing the tunes from every angle they could think of.

In the Winter of 2001, Rik and Doug reconvened at Jack Straw to add the electronica element to these jazz quintet recordings. Rik had previously spent several months in his home studio creating guitar loops and digitally manipulated samples containing elements from the original sessions which the duo now layered with the session tracks, creating a quilted mosaic of sound still retaining the melodic and chordal movements of the original compositions.

This compact disc (also containing one track featuring Jim Knodle, Fred Roth & Simon Grant) became "Isomorphism", Rik's second full-length solo release for HipSync Records. Isomorphism is a scientific term for the similarity in organisms of different ancestry that result from convergence. Rik felt he saw the same sort of convergence when he combined the attitudes of both electronic and jazz improvisation in this stunning recording.

Isomorphism,Rik Wright,HipSync Records

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