DIRT, by UŽUPIS

DIRT

by UŽUPIS

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Dada Strain At it's best, it's a great driving rhythm jazz album, reminds me a lot of Max Roach's M'Boom, but also very "techno" in its own unique way. Favorite track: STREET RIDERS.

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1.	SLIDE INTO NOTHING 02:37	buy track
2.	RAIN CAROUSEL 03:19	buy track
3.	DAL LIUS 04:34	buy track
4.	WEIRD SISTERS 06:48	buy track
5.	TIME AND TIDE FLOW WIDE 03:19	buy track
6.	STREET RIDERS 03:55	buy track
7.	DRAMA IN UŽUPIS STREET 02:43	buy track
8.	CRYSTAL SUBWAY SCENE 01:51	buy track
9.	COMPASS 02:39	buy track
10.	MALADROXIA 04:31	buy track
11.	PAST LIFE 03:21	buy track

about

The first studio album from UŽUPIS began as a way to record some of my hand-built instruments which I call Wollesonics. I built these instruments specifically for an all percussion production of Macbeth directed by master magician Teller. To accompany the "Weird Sisters", I built a 10-foot “Diddley Bow” out of music wire, 2 x 4’s and styrofoam ice buckets. I built a zither with exposed threaded rods to give Lady Macbeth a ghostly soundscape while she washes her bloody hands. I built a “Slide Vibe“ that bends pitches by dipping metal bars into water to sonically portray Macbeth's dissent into madness. In addition to the Wollesonics, I brought my set of 15 large sheep bells I acquired from the Campanacci Floris bell making family of Tonara, Sardinia.

We came into the famed Figure 8 studios with no set songs. The forms and textures and songs grew out of the instruments. Crack engineer and sound swami Phil Weinrobe experimented with hydrophones, electronics and triggers that blended extremely well with the Wollesonics. With Will Shore’s intuitive, sensitive production and masterful vibe playing and Dalius Naujo’s unconventional poetic drumming, we ended up with more than enough music to make DIRT -the premiere full length album from UŽUPIS!

-Kenny Wollesen

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released October 21, 2021

WILL SHORE - electric vibraphone | vibraphone | marimba
Wollesonics | percussion | effects | moog

DALIUS NAUJO - drums | synth drums | Wollesonics | voice
percussion

KENNY WOLLESEN - vibraphone | marimba | Wollesonics
percussion | synth drums

Produced by Will Shore

Recorded by Phil Weinrobe at Figure 8 Studios

Mixed by Phil Weinrobe & Will Shore at Figure 8 Studios

Mastered by Diego Calvino at 3:3:2 Studio

Additional effects by Dave Harrington

Art & design by Užupis

All songs by Užupis

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UŽUPIS New York, New York

UŽUPIS is a band with Will Shore and Kenny Wollesen on vibes and Dalius Naujo on drums, drum synth and vocals.The band is named after the city/state of Užupio in Vilnius, Lithuania

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