III, by Manas

III

by Manas

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GOG This album is incradible, an overwhelming experiance from beginning to end! Favorite track: On A Withered Branch A Crow Is Perched Autumn Evening.

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If you were wondering how to make the sounds of the tag team of Tashi Dorji & Tyler Damon even more chaotic and intense, the answer is "add a second drummer".

This album is unrelenting in the best possible sense.

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	1.	On A Withered Branch A Crow Is Perched Autumn Evening 10:12
	2.	Ah! The Waving Lespedaza Which Spills Not A Drop Of The Clear Dew 08:30
	3.	A Cloud Of Flowers! Is The Bell Uyeno Or Asakusa? 12:56
	4.	Clouds Will Separate Us - The Time To Part Has Come Now. Wild Goose Flies... 08:23

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Recorded at Magnetic South, Bloomington, IN, July 23rd, 2016.

All track titles are Matsuo Bashō's Haiku poems.

"Unlike World War 3 II, which referred to the second album by that thuggish UK band, or Manfred Mann’s Chapter III, which referred to the third outfit led by Mr. Mann, Manas III is neither the third album by Manas, nor the third iteration of the band. Rather, it refers to the number of participants on the second album by this spectacular Asheville NC unit, previously known primarily as a duo.

The two main actors in question are guitarist, Tashi Dorji, and drummer Thom Nguyen. Tashi’s earliest recordings were largely acoustic abstractions, lauded by everyone from Ben Chasny to William “Bill” Nace. Thom’s drumming has been part of such legendary Asheville ensembles as the great Mendocino (LP hopefully forthcoming sometime). Together, they presented an electric splat approach to power-improv with parallels to outfits like Rangda and OvO. Their first album, Manas (FTR 208), blew the lips off most people who heard it.

For Manas III, percussionist Tyler Damon (who has also recorded with Tashi in a duo) format is added to the mix. His playing brings a whole new width and depth to the proceedings, comprised as it is of varietal clanging and tingling in the tradition of Jamie Muir and those who sail with him. The flavors this adds to the music are alternately proggy and free, and we think you’ll agree this trio thing is a blast. Tashi’s guitar work is full of static-rich surges that sounds like something Nikola Tesla would dig. And the bottom is is a fat and fleet as Queen.

We’ve been complete suckers for everything Tashi has done thus far, and Manas is one of the best projects he’s undertaken. Pretty sure Manas III is going to knock you right off your bike. So hang on tight."

-Byron Coley, 2017

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released September 8, 2017

Tashi Dorji (guitar)
Thom Nguyen (drums/percussion)
Tyler Damon (drums/percussion)

Recorded by John Dawson at Magnetic South
Mastered by Carl Saff

Artwork by Bill Nace

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Tyler’s work aims to reveal obscured, mercurial narratives via drums/percussion & free improvisation.

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