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In the decade or so that hard-working New York quartet Sunwatchers have operated, the group has steadily and subtly refined their sound – a brain-blasting mixture of jazz, psychedelia, krautrock, punk, noise, and Saharan blues – into something that is avant-leaning enough to appeal to the discerning jazz and experimental music fan and weird and wooly enough to get the true heads toes tapping. Music Is Victory Over Time is the bands 5th album, and fourth for Chicago-based Trouble In Mind Records, seeing the long-running lineup of Peter Kerlin (bass guitar), Jim McHugh (guitars), Jason Robira (drums), and Jeff Tobias (alto saxophone and keyboards) in prime form. Having the distinct pleasure of being the first band to record in John Dwyers new LA-based recording studio Discount Mirrors, Music Is Victory Over Time boasts a beefed up sound. The band worked closely with in-house engineer Eric Bauer – facilitator, troubleshooter, sonic obsessive, a legendary freak and a DIY lifer. The band also had full access to the studios epic armory of gear: amps, axes (its Dwyers Eddie Harris model electric sax), synths, a bass guitar once belonging to Klaus Flouride of the Dead Kennedys. Crucial for the sounds and the vibe.
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