Minimalism

Minimalism (2024)

A chronicle of shrinking technology that follows the drive towards miniaturization, from early cell phone ads and pocket-sized gadgets to neural implants and simulated realities. Music: Laugh Ash (Ches Smith), ‘Minimalism.’

Ches Smith, Laugh Ash, out February 2, 2024 via Pyroclastic Records

https://chessmithpyroclastic.bandcamp.com/album/laugh-ash

Drummer, percussionist and composer Ches Smith collides a lifetime of eclectic influences on his startling, unpredictable new album Laugh Ash, out February 2, 2024 via Pyroclastic Records. James Brandon Lewis, Nate Wooley, Anna Webber, Shahzad Ismaily, Oscar Noriega, Shara Lunon, Jennifer Choi, Kyle Armbrust and Michael Nicolas join Smith on this breathtakingly original set of music. The album makes thrilling use of disorientation and juxtaposition: starkly beautiful chamber melodies coexist with synthetic rhythms, explosive bursts of improvisation with elusive song forms, austere ambience with thundering complexity.

Video for the track Minimalism:

Directed and Edited by Frank Heath

Produced by David Breskin