CST110 Matana Roberts | Coin Coin Chapter Three: river run thee Format:180gLP+WAV with indecipherably blown-out spoken voice

with indecipherably blown-out spoken voice intermittently enveloping the mix as fragmentary palimpsests of shrouded recitation and ineffable feeling

The album captures the balance of widescreen dynamic intensity and unflinchingly urgent grittiness of the work

With the exception of "Sliabh Aughty" – a beautifully fried 8-minute Hendrixian workout (were Jimi searing an Irish piping tune rather than the American national anthem) – all the album's instrumentals are miniatures of a sort

his contrabass work adds potent low-end to the heavier and more muscular jams on the new album

CST110 Matana Roberts | Coin Coin Chapter Three: river run thee Format:180gLP+WAV with indecipherably blown-out spoken voiceMatana Roberts is one of the most acclaimed, socio politically conscious and aesthetically intrepid composers, band leaders, horn players and experimental sound practitioners of the past decade. Her multi chapter Coin Coin work, which Constellation began documenting in 2011 with Gens de couleur libres, has placed her at the forefront of stylistic innovation and radicalization, while confirming the deep substance and soul that guides her compositional