Ponzi Pieces (Version: Maine)

by Al Margolis

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1.	Ponzi Quartet 1 09:24	info	buy track
2.	Ponzi Solo: Al Margolis 09:33	info	buy track
3.	Ponzi Solo: Duane Ingalls 08:02	info	buy track
4.	Ponzi Quartet 2 09:35	info	buy track
5.	Ponzi Solo: N.B. Aldrich 09:31	info	buy track
6.	Ponzi Solo: Steve Norton 08:34	info	buy track
7.	Ponzi Quartet 3 09:13	info	buy track

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A reboot /restart of the Ponzi Pieces. Using material from the sessions, there are 3 quartets (which will be used to continue generating more pieces - the Ponzi aspect of the work) plus "solos" by each of the 4 players. Many thanks to them all

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released January 14, 2022

N. B.Aldrich: guitars, amplified screwdrivers, voice
Duane Ingalls: harmonica, slide whistle, bells
Al Margolis: trumpet, viola, contact mics, objects, extraneous sounds
Steve Norton: alto clarinet, soprano saxophone

Recorded by N. B. Aldrich in August 2019 and March 2021 at Toad Hall, Sedgwick, ME

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Al Margolis New York, New York

Al Margolis was one of the prime movers in the cassette underground scene of the 1980s (between 1984 and 1991 his Sound Of Pig label released over 300 cassettes of music by the likes of Merzbow, Costes, Amy Denio, John Hudak and Jim O'Rourke) and is the éminence grise behind over 30 years of music under the name If, Bwana. He is the man behind the Pogus label. ... more

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