SWIM THIS

Nick Didkovsky, Gerry Hemingway, Michael Lytle

Swim This is a new trio that spontaneously generates a world of intensely focused and evocative improvised music. The group creates a visceral and deep listening experience where no moment is lost, and each sound is projected with maximum momentum and razor sharp clarity.

Personnel

Nick Didkovsky – table top guitar and homebrew software

Gerry Hemingway – drums, voice with occasional processing

Michael Lytle – bass and contrabass clarinet, prerecorded tape

New CD on Punos Music

Swim This began with the initiative of Michael Lytle, who invited Didkovsky and Hemingway to perform at The Experimental Intermedia Foundation in 2006. The evening’s extraordinary performance was recorded with meticulous care, and later mixed and produced by Didkovsky at Punos Music Studios. The result is a new CD entitled “Swim This” (Punos Music, PM0006).

Listen to audio excerpts from the new CD
• First Set
• Second Set

Purchase the CD from Wayside Music or get it on iTunes

Download Poster
Download OneSheet

CD REVIEW 
     An odd new trio featuring Nick Didkovsky on tabletop guitar &
homebrew software, Michael Lytle on bass & contrabass clarinets & tapes
and Gerry Hemingway on drums, voice w/ processing. Both Nick and Michael
are longtime members of Dr. Nerve, although you might also recall Mr.
Lytle as an original member of the downtown scene when he had albums
with George Cartwright. In recent years, Nick has become more known as a
composer, as a seasoned improviser with Paul Rogers & Kevin Norton.
Gerry Hemingway is one of the distinctive percussionists, composers and
bandleaders and should be well-known to fans of Braxton, BassDrumBone
and that trio great with Georg Graewe & Ernst Reijseger.
     This disc was recorded live at a performance at Experimental
Intermedia in March of 2006. Three highly inventive improvisers (or
instant composers) matching wits and working most creatively together.
Featured here are two long (30+ minute) pieces that begin slowly and
take their time to explore unique terrain. Squeaking bass clarinet,
subtle electronics and small percussion sounds swirl freely together.
That growling contrabass clarinet, eerie tapped guitar sounds and subtle
hands-on-drums textures all add up to a strange, other-worldly undertow
that pulls us into the murky waters. I like the way the trio work their
way into segments that sound planned when they all connect into one
streamlined force. What sounds just right here is that the bass clarinet
squawks work so well with the subtle electronics or guitar textures and
well-selected percussive sounds. A rich and varied improv date that
doesn't always sound improvised. - BLG, Downtown Music Gallery

Booking: Michael Lytle, elewhale [AT] earthlink.net

CD ordering info: Nick Didkovsky, nick [AT] didkovsky.com

Website: http://www.punosmusic.com/swimthis