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Crease or Abyss

by NNN Cook

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1.
Looker (Absorbed) 04:15
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2.
Teary Eyed Monster 05:38
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3.
Swiped Out 05:06
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4.
Pupil Trench 04:58
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"NNN Cook is relentless in his experimentation, and restless in his avenues. Every release seems to go in another direction of the same ramifying structure that is his avid and prolific career. His dedication to the St Louis experimental scene through his work with Close/Far recordings and the Bruxism series is undisputed, and he has given ground to countless artists and their experiments throughout the years. Whether it is tape players, synthesizers, saxophone, various eclectic instruments or simple prose, Cook's arsenal is always ready for action and his intention results in interactive performances that hover around the listener, sometimes even literally.

"Crease or Abyss" shows us a NNN Cook we hadn't had the chance to witness. Contemplation and reflection are still shining, but his intention has translated to songs in some of the selections for it. Rhythmic dispositions lay a foundation for music that is both new and reminiscent of Cook's beginnings as a musician. The four pieces presented flow naturally into each other painting a picture of the mind of the performer, and they sway you incessantly with floating percussive patterns, impossible sonics, aural story-telling and slow evolution. Cook's obsession with repetition is always rewarding, with the paced transformations constantly opening our minds up to new canvases. We hope you enjoy this new album on the Grownup Music roster."

—Julio Prato, Grownup Music

Cassette Gods review:
"This guy over here is going to rip a new one out of our own universe
As we sit around the table in prayer delivering the elephant

OUR universe, goddammit
Do you know what that means for you and me?
Things may get a little bigger, spread out
Shirts may not need to be folded or tucked in
We can leave many of our shirts’ arms out across the bed

I stood there drinking tap water from a beer can
Looking at the shirts’ arms
This one pointing that way
That one pointing this way
Trying to figure out any one and true direction
But, as I said, I think this guy over here is going to rip a new one out of our own universe
Unless he already did

Looking at every shirt arm – fuck, you’re right, they’re called sleeves not arms – my brain getting tangled up in their different directions like somebody twirled the sign around on some country road. This way to the beach. This way to Eurasia.

My little Lucerne
My little luxury sedan
Cell phone blocks the hazards with a plastic platter of festering hoagies in the backseat. God, I wish I had asked them to hold the mayo. Now we’ve got those big old mean flies with teeth biting in the Summer and sleeping in our beds.

It’s been so hot that I almost forgot that those flies were biting my head last night as I stood out front of your house knocking on your door over and over again while you sat around the table in prayer.
And, I will mention, it’s been too long since your security door has been unlocked. Now the lock is rusted. I should’ve known better than to try and use the front door to reach you.

Anyway, open up the skies, why don’t you? Maybe that way the flies will have enough room to breath and go off somewhere else with their horse teeth and stop biting me tonight."

—Rick Weaver

credits

released December 15, 2019

Originally released on cassette by Grownup Music, 2018

Recorded and produced by NNN Cook

Mastered by Jonathan James

Photography by NNN Cook

Artwork layout and design by NNN Cook, Antonio Leone and Rob Orf

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NNN Cook St. Louis, Missouri

Sound & visual artist. Concerned with proximity, psychodynamics, psychoacoustics, geometry, mysticism, identity, & the primeval.
Runs the Close/Far experimental music label. Select commissions include: Laumeier Sculpture Park, World Chess Hall of Fame, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Radius (Chicago), High Concept Labs (Chicago), Experimental Sound Studios (Chicago), & Alarm Will Sound (NYC). ... more

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