C.J. Boyd :: Alternate Roots Roots :: Joyful Noise Recordings

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CJ Boyd
Alternate Roots

Catalog Number: jnr53
Release Date: 04/20/10

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Alternate Roots

CJ Boyd's "Alternate Roots" is a live memory sketch of the meditative, expansive, and chamber-esque album "Aerial Roots". A notoriously nomadic performer, C.J. Boyd plays an average of 200 shows per year, masterfully orchestrating waves of bass loops coupled with Jazz-driven improvisational prowess.

"Alternate Roots" - recorded live on one fateful night in Boone, North Carolina - allows listeners a window into the subtle balance of improvisational and calculable arrangements weaved throughout the music of "Aerial Roots".

"Last year, CJ Boyd released Aerial Roots. The three-track, 45-minute album mixed understated minimalism with a frenetic maximalism, adopting an additive approach to aesthetics that sought to expand, rather than refine, its sonic palette. Veering swiftly between composition and improvisation, the album emphasized atmosphere, mood, exploration. Now, CJ Boyd is set to release a new album, Alternate Roots... the album clearly aims to further elongate its sonic palette."
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