“Providence” (Used 15 times)

The Baker St. Kollective (BKRSTK) -- a group of musicians from Providence, Rhode Island -- recently joined the FMA to share music and video from the past two decades made by Barnacled, Alec K Redfearn (Eyesores/Seizures), V. Majestic, Amoebic Ensemble and more.

BKRSTK is coordinated in large part by Frank Difficult, an accomplished electronic artist in his own-right, who also performs in many of these projects including. After moving to Providence from Las Vegas, Mr Difficult helped form V.Majestic -- an instrumental, horn-laden kraut-rock/psych band with a penchant for soundtrackable music. Here's the title track from their 1999 release Dynamic Alloy, and the cover (at left) was screened at Fort Thunder by Paul Lyon (brother of Mudboy).

Barnacled is an avant-jazz supergroup who performed live on my radio show in 2008, on the heels of the launch party for their ESP-Disk' release Charles. Several members returned to WFMU in 2009 to play live with The Seizures, a new project from accordionist Alec K Redfearn. In the 1990s, Redfearn led the legendary Amoebic Ensemble, which featured strings, brass, accordion, mandolin/ bouzouki and 2 percussionists. Here's a track from their 1995 release Limbic Rage

>> check out BKRSTK home page and BKRSTK on the FMA for more music and video, like the one after the jump...

Alec K Redfearn is Providence, RI's premier accordion player, and a consistently compelling composer. He might be best known as leader of The Eyesores, and he was last seen at WFMU with Providence avant-jazz group Barnacled, who were touring in suppot of their new ESP-Disk release.

Last Tuesday, I hosted a live set from Alec's new group The Seizures. This new formation is inspired by everything from Eastern European folk traditions and Kurt Weil to Captain Beefheart and the Wipers. They refuse to be categorized as gypsy punk...why don't you just have a list to "The Hole" below, and be sure to check out the intro where Alec contextualizes the song with references to the Manson family and chocolate fountains in the desert.

Redfearn plays ukelele and accordion, but no guitars -- all guitar-like sound is produced by the aforemention instruments run through a wah-wah and fuzz pedal. The Seizures are rounded out by fellow Eyesores and Barnacled members Chris Sadlers on contrabass, and drummer Matt McLaren. Keep an eye out for their new album Exterminating Angel (Corleone Records).

Check out the full session HERE. WFMU playlist/archive here. Thanks to Trent Wolbe for engineering!