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01. PETER ZUMMO - The Tape Is Chill
02. PETER ZUMMO - How Does It Feel?
03. PETER ZUMMO - Well Let Me Say Something
04. PETER ZUMMO - Do You Know What To Wear Do You Know?
05. PETER ZUMMO - What Do You Want To Do?
06. PETER ZUMMO - Life Is Real
07. PETER ZUMMO - Break Up The Pill
08. PETER ZUMMO - Well Let Me Tell You Something
ARTIST
TITLE
Dress Code (Don't Look At My Car)
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
OMZUMMO 002LP OMZUMMO 002LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
9/16/2016

Peter Zummo presents Dress Code (Don't Look At My Car) on Optimo Music. Peter Zummo (born 1948) is an American composer and musician. He plays the trombone, valve trombone, euphonium, synthesizer, other electronic instruments, and also sings. He is associated with the post-minimalist and Downtown aesthetics, and he describes his music as "minimalism plus a whole lot more." He's well-known for his work with Arthur Russell.

"In this project for Optimo, the listener can hear that my musical food pyramid has musicians at top, or maybe they are at the bottom. In any case, they are important. That is why, from track to track, I selected segments in which one player or another is featured in the take. Some may think that we musicians do multiple takes to get the perfect performance, but I like to find the special interactions lurking in each excursion. Different players came forward in each of the takes, which were recorded in the studios Seaside Lounge and Headroom, in Brooklyn, and live in performances at Cube Cinema, in Bristol, UK, as well as in Long Island City and on Staten Island, New York. In order to escape the tyranny of the lyric, I am exploring in this release the possibilities of nonsensical and non-emotional lyrics. These kinds of lyrics bring the singing voices into the mix without an overweening message. The tracks include open-form compositions in which the duration was not specified." -- Peter Zummo, June 2016.