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Emergency Group

@emergencygroup.bsky.social

emergencygroup.bandcamp.com Music out on Big Ego Records, Centripetal Force, and Island House Recordings

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Emergency Group@emergencygroup.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I’ve listened to Bitches Brew probably hundreds of times over 26 years and each listen is like hearing it for the first time.

Jeremy Erwin@jeremyerwin.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Happy Bitches Brew release day to all! The MD IG account shared a crucial previously unknown(?) letter from Miles to Teo Macero this morning, outlining extraordinarily specific cut n’ paste edits to the title track. Evidence that Miles got pretty deep into the weeds in the edit stage! (1/2)

Letter from Miles Davis to Teo Macero outlining specific edits to the track “Bitches Brew”. It reads: Dear Teo; Take the last two takes, which are the same thing, and stick the first take on the beginning (the slow part in C minor with the C pedal.) The second take--put on the end with the C pedal in the C minor and all the drum noise which ends the side. Now we have the beginning and an ending. The first part of the tape is tuning up and the rest is where it starts. It begins with the conversation between you and me where you say, "Just stomp the shit off." Thats where I want this whole side to start. Don't forget to overlap the C with the bass clarinet introduction--in other words, run it together. After you put on the introduction then you put the ending on and the rest runs straight through as is. It should be about 27 to 30 minutes. The part before which you're going to use for the introduction and ending, there's a little section that really swings. It starts off with the bass clarinet and its really tight swing. Use this more than once when there's a lull in the feeling, but don't use it after the introduction. If you want to lead into the introduction with it thats okay. Don't break any of the sections. Have them run together whether they are high in volume or low in volume. This is one side that I want you to work on. If you are not sure you have the right take, phone me in California. Extend the bass clarinet intorduction and let it play twice before the trumpet comes in--just repeat it over. incerely, Miles Davis
Emergency Group@emergencygroup.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Huge thanks to everyone at @aquariumdrunkard.com for including both(!) of our 2025 releases. “Brooklyn’s Emergency Group are heirs to New York City’s late twentieth-century no-wave adjacent mutant jazz and free rock scene. No one else out there even comes close to that era’s cerebral intensity.” 😍

Aquarium Drunkard@aquariumdrunkard.com · 9mo ago

Aquarium Drunkard :: Year In Review 2025 aquariumdrunkard.com/2025/12/08/a... Looking back to look ahead. Our list arrives in the spirit of sharing, and we’re back with our annual Year In Review. As always the following is unranked and unruly. Let it blurb.

Chris Murphy@chrismurphyct.bsky.social · last yr.

4/ No more glorification or rationalization of violence. I'm not going to pull punches - I think Donald Trump, and his celebration of January 6th, has done more to normalize political violence than any other American. He should apologize and put those people back in jail.