Circuit Breaker, by Water Shed 5tet

Circuit Breaker

by Water Shed 5tet

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Were You There? Vol. 2, 15728, Were You There? Vol. 4, Were You There? Vol. 3, Thoth Speaks, Duets (Pittsburgh) 2008, Circuit Breaker, Live at Mr. Small's, and 1 more. , and , .

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1.	Circuit Breaker 04:52	buy track
2.	Storks 07:56	buy track
3.	Beef Extender #9 00:45	buy track
4.	Sirius A 01:11	buy track
5.	Composition 23i (+40c) 06:47	buy track
6.	Beef Extender #11 00:25	buy track
7.	Unbeknownst to Jeff... 00:42	buy track
8.	Passage Home/Jimbo 11:15	buy track
9.	Where Man At? 01:39	buy track
10.	Beef Extender #10 01:00	buy track
11.	Umbra 06:44	buy track
12.	Coil Spring 01:24	buy track
13.	Firth 01:27	buy track
14.	Mongoose 03:15	buy track
15.	Sirius B 01:05	buy track
16.	Why Are You Such a Jerk? 07:01	buy track
17.	Blue Rider 05:44	buy track
18.	<mystery bonus> 00:09	buy track

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Ben Opie: alto, tenor and soprano saxophones, clarinet, theremin, conducting; Daryl Fleming: guitar, organ; Erin Snyder: 'cello, organ; Jeff Stringer: bass; Jay Matula: drums, toy piano.

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released October 13, 2022

All compositions Ben Opie (Hedora Music/BMI) except: track 6 Anthony Braxton; tracks 4, 7, 9, 13, 15 collectively improvised.

Produced and engineered by Myles Boisen. Recorded 12/97 at Mr. Small's Funhouse, Millave, PA. Mixed at Guerilla Euphonics, Oakland CA. Masted at Headless Buddah Labs, Oakland, CA.

Photographs by Matt Samolis. Design by Steve Norton/Red Notebook. Type by Chank Diesel & Rod Cavazos.

Thanks to Myles, Steve, Gino Robair, Dan Plonsey, John Shiurba, Graham Connah, Gilbert Marhoefer, Anthony Braxton, Korel Tunador, Deidre, Henning, Karen, Norma and Jeannine. Special thanks to Peter Beckerman and the staff at Mr. Small's.

Originally issued 1999 Tautology Recordings.

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Ben Opie Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Ben Opie is a musician living in Pittsburgh PA. He composes, improvises, plays saxophones, clarinets, electronics, and whatnot. Among his many past and present projects are Thoth Trio, OPEK, Bombici, Water Shed 5tet, Flexure, Coal Train, etc. He also teaches at Carnegie Mellon University. ... more