Secret Chiefs 3 new albums/ US & Canada tours

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   From the Secret Chiefs 3 web site:

Secret Chiefs 3 announce the release of two full-length installments 
of their long awaited Book of Souls album, and two USA/Canada tours in 
support of them. The first - Book of Souls: Folio A - comes out in late 
May, and the second - Book of Souls: Folio B - comes out in September.

BOOK OF SOULS: FOLIO A (CD), RELEASED IN MAY

Listeners have come to expect a lot from Secret Chiefs 3, and for Book 
of Souls, second in the band’s mega-trilogy (first being Book of 
Horizons, 2004), they expect nothing less than a vertigo-inducing follow
 up. True to expectation, Book of Souls: Folio A is a full-length album 
densely-packed with musical skyscrapers. Over a decade in the making 
along with Folio B, Book of Souls is Secret Chiefs 3’s most elaborate 
work yet. Following the 7-band schemata laid out in Book of Horizons, 
both Folios of Book of Souls thoroughly establish the depth of SC3’s 
journey into otherwise lost musical possibilities. With productions 
based in studios in the SF Bay Area, NY, LA, Seattle, UK and France over
 the last 11 years, the band’s leader Trey Spruance enlisted a small 
army of musicians — or actually not so small, since the orchestral tasks
 demanded by the music seem effectively unlimited in number.

But familiar names in the SC3 canon form the backbone of the 
recording-band: Timb Harris, Ches Smith, Shahzad Ismaily, Anonymous 13, 
Danny Heifetz, William Winant, with live-band initiates Matt Lebofsky, 
Kenny Grohowski and Toby Driver adding extra life among the zillions of 
enlisted musical enablers.

On Book of Souls: Folio A, it is evident that Secret Chiefs 3 continues 
to operate in blissful ignorance of current musical fashions, remaining 
enchanted only by what can be unlocked in modern mediums by applying a 
specific recipe of pre-modern (often ancient) processes to them.

While it's true that the album represents the kind of titanic, almost 
Faustian undertaking that one would expect as being uniquely appropriate
 to Secret Chiefs 3, for all the pomp it’s easy to forget that 
everything having to do with the recording is DIY to the core. Book of 
Souls: Folio A is a fully organic production. Everything is honed with 
love in one of the last hermetically-sealed laboratories. Some may snort
 at the notion that there even could exist such a cauldron of limitless 
fascination extending so rigorously beyond the time/space boundaries of 
modern occidental groupthink; a place in-between, suspended, where the 
simplest motifs have the freedom either to radiate upward into geometric
 complexities that are beyond description, or to refine downward to a 
state of simple musical essence. But it's the usual thing at the SC3 
lab.

This press-release is offered as a summons to the impartial jury of all 
earthly ears. All snorts and scoffs will be answered with a 
supra-sensory choir. Coming in May and September.

MAY RESIDENCY TOUR

Two USA/Canada tours are happening in 2013 (May and October), one in 
support of each Book of Souls release. The first has already been 
booked: Secret Chiefs 3 will play multiple-night ‘residencies’ in select
 USA/Canada cities in May, in support of “Book of Souls: Folio A”. These
 residiencies will involve multiple sets per night. The music of SC3 
“Heptad” bands FORMS, Ishraqiyun, UR, as well as other Secret Chiefs 3 
material will be performed, including works arranged for John Zorn’s 
Masada. Check listings soon to see which configurations SC3 will be in 
on which night.

Seattle, WA

Tue May 7, 2013 @ The Sunset

Wed May 8, 2013 @ The Crocodile

San Francisco, CA

Fri May 10, 2013 @ Cafe Du Nord

Sat May 11, 2013 @ Cafe Du Nord

Los Angeles, CA

Sun May 12, 2013 @ Bootleg Bar

Tue May 14, 2013 @ Bootleg Bar

New York, NY

Fri May 17, 2013 @ Mercury Lounge

Brooklyn, NY

Sat May 18, 2013 @ Union Pool

Sun May 19, 2013 @ Union Pool

Chicago, IL

Tue May 21, 2013 @ Schubas Tavern

Wed May 22, 2013 @ Beat Kitchen

Toronto, ON

Fri May 24, 2013 @ The Drake

Sat May 25, 2013 @ The Drake

and then a full week of even more in-depth work @:

THE STONE (NYC) RESIDENCIES

MAY 28—JUNE 2

For a band that has been busy playing over 300 shows in over 30 
countries in the last few years, one could imagine how well-seasoned a 
unit it might've become. And yes, the lineup has stabilized over the 
last few tours into the following elite team, who can handle everything 
and then some for both tours in 2013:

Trey Spruance, Timb Harris, Matt Lebofsky, Toby Driver, Kenny Grohowski

OCTOBER NATIONAL TOUR, SUPPORTING “BOOK OF SOULS: FOLIO B” (CD) RELEASED IN SEPTEMBER

After a brief pause to digest Folio A, listeners will hear the second 
installment, Book of Souls: Folio B in  September. Intimately 
thematically-intertwined with the previously-released Folio, Book of 
Souls: Folio B has more Autumnal sheen. Darker, in some ways more 
ballistic, but also intoxicated with Beauty and high on diabolical 
humours, Book of Souls: Folio B remains unquestionably secure at SC3’s 
well-established fulcrum between rationalistic chaos and anarchistic 
elegance.

* NOTE  A deluxe vinyl edition of the complete Book of Souls corpus, 
with expanded artwork and comprehensive conceptual material will be 
released in October.

** artwork and preview mp3s forthcoming

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Lebofsky Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: June 27 2011 Location: Oakland, CA Status: Offline Points: 34	Topic: Secret Chiefs 3 new albums/ US & Canada tours Posted: April 08 2013 at 15:35
	From the Secret Chiefs 3 web site: Secret Chiefs 3 announce the release of two full-length installments of their long awaited Book of Souls album, and two USA/Canada tours in support of them. The first - Book of Souls: Folio A - comes out in late May, and the second - Book of Souls: Folio B - comes out in September. BOOK OF SOULS: FOLIO A (CD), RELEASED IN MAY Listeners have come to expect a lot from Secret Chiefs 3, and for Book of Souls, second in the band’s mega-trilogy (first being Book of Horizons, 2004), they expect nothing less than a vertigo-inducing follow up. True to expectation, Book of Souls: Folio A is a full-length album densely-packed with musical skyscrapers. Over a decade in the making along with Folio B, Book of Souls is Secret Chiefs 3’s most elaborate work yet. Following the 7-band schemata laid out in Book of Horizons, both Folios of Book of Souls thoroughly establish the depth of SC3’s journey into otherwise lost musical possibilities. With productions based in studios in the SF Bay Area, NY, LA, Seattle, UK and France over the last 11 years, the band’s leader Trey Spruance enlisted a small army of musicians — or actually not so small, since the orchestral tasks demanded by the music seem effectively unlimited in number. But familiar names in the SC3 canon form the backbone of the recording-band: Timb Harris, Ches Smith, Shahzad Ismaily, Anonymous 13, Danny Heifetz, William Winant, with live-band initiates Matt Lebofsky, Kenny Grohowski and Toby Driver adding extra life among the zillions of enlisted musical enablers. On Book of Souls: Folio A, it is evident that Secret Chiefs 3 continues to operate in blissful ignorance of current musical fashions, remaining enchanted only by what can be unlocked in modern mediums by applying a specific recipe of pre-modern (often ancient) processes to them. While it's true that the album represents the kind of titanic, almost Faustian undertaking that one would expect as being uniquely appropriate to Secret Chiefs 3, for all the pomp it’s easy to forget that everything having to do with the recording is DIY to the core. Book of Souls: Folio A is a fully organic production. Everything is honed with love in one of the last hermetically-sealed laboratories. Some may snort at the notion that there even could exist such a cauldron of limitless fascination extending so rigorously beyond the time/space boundaries of modern occidental groupthink; a place in-between, suspended, where the simplest motifs have the freedom either to radiate upward into geometric complexities that are beyond description, or to refine downward to a state of simple musical essence. But it's the usual thing at the SC3 lab. This press-release is offered as a summons to the impartial jury of all earthly ears. All snorts and scoffs will be answered with a supra-sensory choir. Coming in May and September. MAY RESIDENCY TOUR Two USA/Canada tours are happening in 2013 (May and October), one in support of each Book of Souls release. The first has already been booked: Secret Chiefs 3 will play multiple-night ‘residencies’ in select USA/Canada cities in May, in support of “Book of Souls: Folio A”. These residiencies will involve multiple sets per night. The music of SC3 “Heptad” bands FORMS, Ishraqiyun, UR, as well as other Secret Chiefs 3 material will be performed, including works arranged for John Zorn’s Masada. Check listings soon to see which configurations SC3 will be in on which night. Seattle, WA Tue May 7, 2013 @ The Sunset Wed May 8, 2013 @ The Crocodile San Francisco, CA Fri May 10, 2013 @ Cafe Du Nord Sat May 11, 2013 @ Cafe Du Nord Los Angeles, CA Sun May 12, 2013 @ Bootleg Bar Tue May 14, 2013 @ Bootleg Bar New York, NY Fri May 17, 2013 @ Mercury Lounge Brooklyn, NY Sat May 18, 2013 @ Union Pool Sun May 19, 2013 @ Union Pool Chicago, IL Tue May 21, 2013 @ Schubas Tavern Wed May 22, 2013 @ Beat Kitchen Toronto, ON Fri May 24, 2013 @ The Drake Sat May 25, 2013 @ The Drake and then a full week of even more in-depth work @: THE STONE (NYC) RESIDENCIES MAY 28—JUNE 2 For a band that has been busy playing over 300 shows in over 30 countries in the last few years, one could imagine how well-seasoned a unit it might've become. And yes, the lineup has stabilized over the last few tours into the following elite team, who can handle everything and then some for both tours in 2013: Trey Spruance, Timb Harris, Matt Lebofsky, Toby Driver, Kenny Grohowski OCTOBER NATIONAL TOUR, SUPPORTING “BOOK OF SOULS: FOLIO B” (CD) RELEASED IN SEPTEMBER After a brief pause to digest Folio A, listeners will hear the second installment, Book of Souls: Folio B in September. Intimately thematically-intertwined with the previously-released Folio, Book of Souls: Folio B has more Autumnal sheen. Darker, in some ways more ballistic, but also intoxicated with Beauty and high on diabolical humours, Book of Souls: Folio B remains unquestionably secure at SC3’s well-established fulcrum between rationalistic chaos and anarchistic elegance. * NOTE A deluxe vinyl edition of the complete Book of Souls corpus, with expanded artwork and comprehensive conceptual material will be released in October. ** artwork and preview mp3s forthcoming
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Nogbad_The_Bad Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum & Site Admin Group RIO/Avant/Zeuhl & Eclectic Team Joined: March 16 2007 Location: Boston Status: Offline Points: 21048	Posted: April 08 2013 at 20:56
	Way cool news, I'm so all over this. Hopefully the tour will come within travel distance of Boston.
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	This is really really really great news. I'm happy.
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Lebofsky Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: June 27 2011 Location: Oakland, CA Status: Offline Points: 34	Posted: April 18 2013 at 11:58
	Here are some links for the purchasing of tickets: Tue May 7, 2013 - Seattle, WA @ The Sunset http://www.strangertickets.com/events/7419798/no-sleep-presents-an-evening-with-secret-chiefs-3 Wed May 8, 2013 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile http://www.ticketfly.com/event/247809 Fri May 10, 2013 - San Francisco, CA @ Cafe Du Nord Sat May 11, 2013 - San Francisco, CA @ Cafe Du Nord http://www.ticketweb.com/snl/EventListings.action?orgId=17518 Sun May 12, 2013 - Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Bar http://www.songkick.com/concerts/16072634-secret-chiefs-3-at-bootleg-bar Tue May 14, 2013 - Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Bar http://www.songkick.com/concerts/16072644-secret-chiefs-3-at-bootleg-bar Fri May 17, 2013 - Manhattan, NY @ Mercury Lounge http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/00004A75023E5843?brand=mercurylounge Sat May 18, 2013 - Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool http://www.ticketfly.com/event/252943 Sun May 19, 2013 - Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool http://www.ticketfly.com/event/252945 Tue May 21, 2013 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas Tavern http://www.schubas.com/Shows/05-21-2013+Secret+Chiefs+3 Wed May 22, 2013 - Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=3498074 Fri May 24, 2013 - Toronto, ON @ The Drake http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/247589?__utmx=-&__utmv=-&__utmk=226026650&__utmz=1.1366193762.1.1.utmcsr%3Dgoogle%7Cutmccn%3D%28organic%29%7Cutmcmd%3Dorganic%7Cutmctr%3D%28not+provided%29&__utma=1.694086385.1366193762.1366193762.1366193762.1&__utmc=1&__utmb=1.2.10.1366193762&wrKey=291EF71A7EC672BBB6077FCFE703DED2 Sat May 25, 2013 - Toronto, ON @ The Drake http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/247583?__utmx=-&__utmv=-&__utmk=226026650&__utmz=1.1366193762.1.1.utmcsr%3Dgoogle\|utmccn%3D%28organic%29\|utmcmd%3Dorganic\|utmctr%3D%28not+provided%29&__utma=1.694086385.1366193762.1366193762.1366193762.1&__utmc=1&__utmb=1.2.10.1366193762&wrKey=291EF71A7EC672BBB6077FCFE703DED2 - Matt Edited by Lebofsky - April 18 2013 at 12:00
	Keyboards/Bass/Guitar/Drums/Voice - Secret Chiefs 3 \| miRthkon \| MoeTar \| Bodies Floating Ashore Too much info here: http://www.lebofsky.com