Flying Vegetables of the Apocalypse

by Guy Klucevsek

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Experimental Intermedia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 59:41
  • Community rating: 3.8/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A leading figure in the new music accordion movement, Guy Klucevsek dismantles and reassembles Eastern European folk idioms with profound avant-garde sensibilities. The recording applies rigorous experimental techniques to polka and klezmer structures, showcasing immense technical skill and a delightfully eccentric compositional vision.

Genres

Descriptors: folk, experimental, avant-garde, improvisation, intricate, virtuosic, diverse, conceptual

Tracklist

  1. Union Hall (17:34)
  2. Fez Up (4:01)
  3. Loosening Up The Queen (5:08)
  4. Waltzing Above Ground (9:16)
  5. Reprieve (4:10)
  6. Perusal (9:13)
  7. Flying Vegetables Of The Apocalypse (4:03)
  8. Blue Window (3:59)
  9. The Grass, It Is Blue (2:13)

Credits

  • Lindsey Horner - double bass
  • Doug Wieselman - tenor saxophone, clarinet
  • David Seidel - electric guitar
  • Steve Elson - soprano saxophone
  • Tom Cora - cello
  • Diane Monroe - violin
  • Erik Friedlander - cello
  • Laura Seaton - violin

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