Rob Mazurek Alternate Moon Cycles (Ia11 Edition) Vinyl LP 2025

1. Waxing Crescent #1 - Rob Mazurek
2. Waxing Crescent #2 - Rob Mazurek

The incredibly spare single-note-centered cornet, bass, and organ chant was recorded to tape at pint-sized Chicago bar Curio as part of a performance series that predates any notion of our label's existence. Documenting this performance - highly unique even within the depths of Mazurek's vast catalog - stirred those notions, and soon talks began of releasing the recording on a fresh imprint. The music unfolds glacially amongst the gentle creaks, clinks, whispers, and scuffles of the active room. It's difficult to imagine a more honest rendering of the two sidelong pieces of organic minimal music, and nearly impossible to separate the sounds from their performance context. It's also difficult to imagine a more subtly striking way to introduce a new label to the world.