https://youtu.be/7GhkSuydYfQ

muzycy:
Dan Weiss: drums, compositions
Trevor Dunn: electric bass
Ben Monder: guitars
Matt Mitchell: piano, Prophet-6, modular synthesizers
Craig Taborn: piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizers

Editor's info:
Natural Selection is the highly-anticipated follow-up to drummer/ composer Dan Weiss’s 2018 release Starebaby, an unconventional compounding of doom metal, electronic music, and improvisation into a dark and mystic brew. The album was named to many best-of 2018 lists, including Rolling Stone, which described it as “an album that creates its own sonic cinematic reality,” while NPR called it “Astonishing… A true convergence of heavy trudge and spontaneous combustion.”

The recording of Natural Selection came fast at the end of a run of performances for the band – also named Starebaby – which helped further cement the group’s unique sound. According to Weiss, “Logging so many hours playing together helped us to really internalize this music, which allows us to improvise with more freedom and fewer inhibitions.” Along with Weiss, the band – who all return from the first album – is made up of a dream-team of musicians who share a love for heavy metal and whose playing is unbound by genre: Ben Monderon guitar, Trevor Dunn on bass, and the twin-keyboard/piano/electronics attack of Matt Mitchell and Craig Taborn. It’s staggering to contemplate the wide-ranging ability of these musicians: from bone-crunching power to pensive reflection; exacting hits to improvised texture; faith to the compositions and manic improvisation. Each of these musicians is a leader in his own right; their 2019 releases evidence the sheer scope of their individual talents: Dunn, who was a member of Mr. Bungle (with Faith No More singer Mike Patton), Fantômas (also with Patton), Melvins, and Secret Chiefs 3, released his album Nocturnes, which features his compositions for string quartet, piano and bass. Monder, who plays on David Bowie’s Blackstar, put out the dreamy Day After Day, for solo guitar and trio. Taborn collaborated with pianist Vijay Iyer on The Transitory Poems, .......
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