Medeski, Martin, & Wood - Radiolarians 1 torrent

Medeski Martin & Wood (or MMW) is an American jazz trio formed in 1991, consisting of John Medeski on keyboards and piano, Billy Martin on drums and percussion, and Chris Wood on double bass and bass guitar.


The Radiolarian Series is an album project by experimental jazz fusion trio Medeski Martin & Wood which is currently in production.

The project is unique among studio albums because, in a reversal of the typical recording process, the band decided to compose and then develop the songs through a series of tours before recording the music in the studio.

In early 2008 the band announced on their official website: "Medeski Martin & Wood are planning three tours, plus three albums in 2008. Each tour and subsequent album will consist of all NEW MUSIC. The plan: Write > Tour > Record > Repeat." [1]

"The problem with us," keyboardist John Medeski explains, "is that when we record an album, by the time a record company gets it out, we’ve already been playing the music for six or eight months, and we’re ready to move on."[2]

The three volumes of The Radiolarian Series will be released as three separate albums. The band has suggested that the series may also be made available as a packaged set.

The Radiolarian Series takes its name from radiolarians (also radiolaria), amoeboid protozoa that produce intricate mineral skeletons, typically with a central capsule dividing the cell into inner and outer portions, called endoplasm and ectoplasm.

Radiolaria grow their intricately beautiful patterned skeleton around their soft core in defiance of normal biological process. This is, according to the band, "similar to Medeski Martin and Wood's latest creative cycle." [3]

The Radiolarian Series consists of music composed and developed over the course of the band's three-part 2008 "Viva la Evolution" Tour:

Part One: February 19-29 (Northeast U.S.)
Part Two: July 11-18 (Southeast U.S.)
Part Three: November 12-22 (Pacific Northwest)



RADIOLARIANS 1:

First Light
Cloud Wars
Muchas Gracias
Professor Nohair
Reliquary
Free Go Lily
Rolling Son
Sweet Pea Dreams
God Fire
Hidden Moon