Häxan (Cinema Paradiso Vol. I)

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a Jazz Noise "...deceptively smooth at times with moments of sharp menace emerging with rumbling, distant tones."
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Häxan (Cinema Paradiso Vol. I) is the ninth full length album by the Richmond Avant Improv Collective. Due to the band’s penchant and love for film music Häxan is the first volume in a continuing series focusing on scoring silent and obscure movies in the studio. The ever morphing RAIC settled on an 8 piece ensemble for this recording and spontaneously scored different sections of the movie in the studio while watching it on a big screen. No overdubs were used and the music you hear is the first take. The film the band picked to provide an improv score for is the 1922 classic Häxan directed by Benjamin Christensen. The film has garnered cult status over the years, earning platitudes from cinephiles, surrealists and horror fans.

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released December 13, 2019

Samuel Goff - Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Keyboards, Electronics
Abdul-Hakim Bilal - Guitar
Erik Schroeder - Alto Saxophone, Percussion, Keyboards, Sampler, Theremin, Electronics, Flute, Woodwinds
Zoe Olivia Kinney - Cello, Vocals
Laura Marina - Vocals, Keyboards, Electronics
Jimmy Ghaphery - Sopranino Saxophone, Flute, Alto Saxophone
John Priestley - Bass
Cary Ralston - Vibes, Percussion

All tracks recorded spontaneously live along with the movie, with no overdubs on the first take, on March 3, 2018 at Etching Tin Studios.
Produced by Samuel Goff.
Mixed and mastered (April 2018 - February 2019) by Richard Schellenberg.

Design by moody alien - moody-alien.weebly.com
Images from Benjamin Christensen’s film “Häxan” (1922).

Thank you to: Richard Schellenberg, Jameson Price, Tim Harding, Vlad Cuiujuclu, Tony Nowotarski, Hannah Marie Standiford, Celeste Canady & Alexandra Catrickes for their help and support;
Ennio Morricone, Nino Rota, R.D. Burman, Eduard Artemiev, Gruppo D'Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza, Gyorgi Ligeti, Art Ensemble Of Chicago & Krzysztof Penderecki for the inspiration.

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Richmond Avant Improv Collective. Samuel Goff. Abdul Hakim-Bilal. Erik Schroeder. Zoe Olivia-Kinney. Laura Marina.

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