Ches Smith - Clone Row (2025) [Official Digital Download]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 39:38 minutes | 453 MB
Jazz | Studio Master, Official Digital Download
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 39:38 minutes | 453 MB
Jazz | Studio Master, Official Digital Download
I must admit to being a sucker for two-guitar bands. Ok, Hendrix pulled off a trio. But I don’t care what anybody says: The Yardbirds were a better band than anything that came out of them (Ok, maybe not Zep. But Cream?).
Maybe the reason I go back so far in my references is that, within the two-guitar band format, original new roles are difficult and rare. There’s the classic (socially problematic and often boring) “rhythm/lead” solution. There’s the JB’s or Nile Rodgers’ chicken pickin’ vs comping solution (which avoids chordal clashes by relegating one of the guitars to the role of single-note percussion instrument). There’s Ornette’s Prime Time division between Bern Nix’s rolled-off “jazz” tone and Charles Ellerbee’s trebly wah. Almost everything else is a variation on one of these.
In Ches Smith’s record Clone Row, each piece is built around a different concept for guitar interaction. The delightful and gifted weirdness of Mary Halvorson’s playing is counterpointed, contrasted, unisoned with, played off, juxtaposed (that is to say, enters every relationship possible) with Liberty Ellman’s equally amazing sound palette, chops, and imagination. This definitely ain’t your father’s guitar band.
TRACKLIST
1. Ches Smith - Ready Beat
2. Ches Smith - Abrade With Me
3. Ches Smith - Clone Row
4. Ches Smith - Town Down
5. Ches Smith - Heart Breakthrough
6. Ches Smith - Sustained Nightmare
7. Ches Smith - Play Bell (for Nick)
foobar2000 1.6.2 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2025-06-05 17:11:26
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Analyzed: Ches Smith / Clone Row
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR8 -0.38 dB -10.04 dB 6:11 01-Ready Beat
DR10 -0.57 dB -12.46 dB 6:05 02-Abrade With Me
DR7 -0.44 dB -10.96 dB 7:06 03-Clone Row
DR10 -0.48 dB -11.85 dB 4:07 04-Town Down
DR9 -0.44 dB -12.09 dB 5:37 05-Heart Breakthrough
DR10 -0.58 dB -12.29 dB 3:44 06-Sustained Nightmare
DR12 -0.35 dB -14.63 dB 6:48 07-Play Bell (for Nick)
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Number of tracks: 7
Official DR value: DR9
Samplerate: 48000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1487 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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log date: 2025-06-05 17:11:26
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Analyzed: Ches Smith / Clone Row
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR8 -0.38 dB -10.04 dB 6:11 01-Ready Beat
DR10 -0.57 dB -12.46 dB 6:05 02-Abrade With Me
DR7 -0.44 dB -10.96 dB 7:06 03-Clone Row
DR10 -0.48 dB -11.85 dB 4:07 04-Town Down
DR9 -0.44 dB -12.09 dB 5:37 05-Heart Breakthrough
DR10 -0.58 dB -12.29 dB 3:44 06-Sustained Nightmare
DR12 -0.35 dB -14.63 dB 6:48 07-Play Bell (for Nick)
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Number of tracks: 7
Official DR value: DR9
Samplerate: 48000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1487 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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