Beats by Balto! Vol. 1, by Bryan Murray

Beats by Balto! Vol. 1

by Bryan Murray

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‘Beats by Balto! Vol. 1’ is the result of a years-long collaboration between guitarist Jon Lundbom and saxophonist, beat constructor and visual artist Bryan Murray (aka Balto!). Inspired by the music of J. Dilla, Madlib and MF Doom, Murray sampled old albums from Lundbom’s Big Five Chord catalog (and related Hot Cup Records albums, notably Moppa Elliott’s “Still, Up in the Air”) and constructed beats to which Lundbom then composed new music. The tracks were then sent the tracks back and forth to record live performances of the new music along with improvised solos and accompaniment. This process of self-reference and recontextualization results in a collage of melodies and rhythms that are at once familiar and a sharp departure into something truly new and groundbreaking for jazz.

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released March 18, 2019

Bryan Murray - tenor, alto, soprano, and balto! saxophones
Jon Irabagon - alto, mezzo soprano, and slide saxophones
Jon Lundbom - guitar
Beats by Balto Exclamationpoint
 
All compositions by Jon Lundbom © 2018, composed to beats constructed by Balto Exclamationpoint.
All samples from the Hot Cup Records catalog, used with permission.
Produced by Balto Exclamationpoint and Jon Lundbom.
Mastered by Seth Foster at Universal Mastering.

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Bryan Murray New York

Professional werido making music in Minnesota. I don't know how to change the New York under my name. DM me if you know how to do that.
www.bryanmurray.net

discography

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Oct 2023
Robot Head

Oct 2020
Beats by Balto! Vol. 2

Nov 2021
Beats by Balto! Vol. 1

Mar 2019
Fake Free

Sep 2019
Clownmower

Mar 2022
What You Don't Forget

Feb 2007
BALTO!

Mar 2016
¡!BALTBOM!¡

Jun 2015
twocansofsoup

Feb 2017
If The Big Hurt

Dec 2015
Play You, Play Me

Feb 2016

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