If Thou Be Near Audio CD

Canadian lo-fi solo act Renny Wilson spent almost ten years working on debut album Sugarglider, a brilliant collection of glassy sounds and deeply insular atmospheres. Somewhere between the wildly funky bedroom disco of Arthur Russell and the megalomaniacal crash of contemporaries like Ariel Pink and Mac DeMarco, Wilson finds a unique place on the map in this album of dance-oriented shut-in brilliance.

al·li·ance [uh-lahy-uhns] - a formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations to cooperate for specific purposes. The Fayetteville Ska Alliance (FSA) is made up of members of the Fayetteville, Arkansas music scene. We are less of a band than a conglomeration of ska fans and have come together to record music. We are in the process of recording a ska CD full of Christmas cheer. The full length album will include a mix of traditional Christmas carols along with a few new ones. One hundred percent of CD sales will be donated directly to Spay Arkansas, which operates the NWA Spay and Neuter Clinic. Imagine Reel Big Fish going caroling or Streetlight Manifesto playing an elementary school Christmas play. Think what it would be like if Less Than Jake had done all of the music for your favorite Christmas movies. Now pretend like you could get all of that rolled up one awesome album and that by purchasing it you were helping make a difference in the lives of cats and dogs. This December, rock out while you make a difference.

This collections of songs spans a wide range of music styles from Brazilian, Afro-brazilian,Blues,Jazz,Latin,African,Reggae,Funk to Pop.

If Thou Be Near Track Listing of songs: Days Of Surveillance; Kneel And Comply; Discontented Winter; Ghost Of Oswald Mosley; Captain's Diseased; Greedy Magicians; Matter Of Time; Unmarked Grave; Between The Wars; We Will Not Forget; Don't Despair;

If Thou Be Near Track Listing of songs: Zumba na Caneca; Marcha Da Mouraria; O Gaiteiro Portugues; O Chico Pinguinhas; Sericotalho, Bacalhau, Azeite e Alho; Marcha dos marinheiros; Pulguinhas; Fadinho da Comida; Tu Es o Ze Que Fumas; Pestotira; Pinga Amor; todos me querem; o mar enrola na areia; Nao Vas Ao Mar Tonho; O Orquestrador; Cancao Da Rosalinda; Maria Da Conceicao; Cancao Sem Ti; Cancao da Alegria;

If Thou Be Near "Goes Without Saying" presents two very different, yet complimentary sides of my creative musical work as a jazz composer and improvising keyboardist. The first six tracks are progressive jazz compositions, carefully produced in a recording studio, showcasing notated melodies, funk and rock-based grooves, modal harmonies, complex time signatures, and improvised solos. My love of the jazz fusion and progressive rock super groups of the 1970's comes unabashedly to the fore in these pieces. In the last three tracks, the MPS trio opens up with two freely improvised pieces, and closes the album with my arrangement of Steve Swallow's beautiful standard, "Falling Grace". These tracks were recorded with a single stereo microphone, with no edits or overdubs. In these pure improvisations, I lead the trio into more adventurous territory, finding ourselves in strange, uncharted waters, but returning frequently to the solid ground of pulsating grooves that keep the music alive and rooted. Fans of Keith Jarrett will undoubtedly hear his free-flowing influence here, as well as a bit of inspiration from Ethan Iverson (of The Bad Plus) and John Medeski. It is my humble hope that standing on the shoulders of such giants, I've managed to bring my ...