HiM
dub. electronics, afrobeat and jazz sensibility merge with HiM, the main project of drummer/bandleader doug scharin (june of '44. rex)... a gang of horns and guitars tussle with a burning rhythm section making a tough and beautiful sound...
HiM
our point of departure
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HiM becomes a band. our point of departure incorporates elements of jazz improvisation, dub punctuation and electronic soundscapes - relying heavily on the synthesis of the collected influences of this diverse and inspiring combination of people. the result is music that seamlessly combines the live sound and communication of an improvised recording session with something electronic and entirely new. powerful instrumentals evoking the conflict between architect and alchemist, journey and destination. survival, surrender and faith. (2000)

credits
carlo cennamo (the boom, the sorts) - tenor sax, keyboards, perc., fred erskine (june of 44, the boom) - bass, trumpet, keyboards, gtr., sean meadows (june of 44, the letter e, sonora pine, everlasting the way) - guitar, doug scharin (out in worship, loftus, captain on board, drumhead) - drums, percussion, electronics, jon theodore (golden, royal trux) - percussion, keyboards

recorded january 26th-february 2nd 2000 at national recording studio, washington, d.c. by HiM. mixed march 19th-30th, at the orange room, chicago, by doug scharin.

track listing
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arrival - liberation part I - liberation part II - third wish - weary not beaten - persistent life


HiM
sowrn eyes
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doug scharin expands upon the global rhythms and 4-track experiments of earlier recordings and realizes a layered world of dub-jazz soundscapes all his own. sworn eyes is melody, texture and space evoking beauty, risk and love flowing effortlessly between delays, loops, edits and natural live performance. life. (1999)

credits
doug scharin (out in worship, loftus, captain on board, drumhead) - drums/perc., bundy brown (pullman, directions in music, loftus) - bass, jeff parker (tortoise, isotope 217 - guitar, rob mazurek (chicago underground, isotope 217) - coronet, julie liu (oRSo, out in worship) - strings.

track listing
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a verdict of science - of the periphery - trace elements - scorn nothing - sworn eyes

 

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