Gunn-Truscinski Duo: April 16, 2022 Three Lobed Recordings twenty first Anniversary, Duke College (Durham, NC)

Steve Gunn has been a key presence within the Three Lobed universe for the reason that 2006 launch of the Heavy Components CD. His dynamic development as an artist within the years since — together with his present Matador-backed full band work — has been a thrill to observe, to the purpose that it’s laborious to select favorites amongst his work. That stated, it’s laborious to not take into account his duo work with John Truscinski among the many perfect. As this set demonstrates, improvisation between these two is nearly an unstated language at this level. Followers of the band’s most up-to-date LP, Soundkeeper, which incorporates considered one of my Union Pool recordings, can attest that the band’s reside improvisations might be a few of their finest work. Tonight’s first track was one such second — an untitled new quantity that already appears like a forthcoming GTD basic. As to the remainder of the set, it consisted of precisely these — “Banh Mi Ringtones” and “Ocean Parkway,” each from Three Lobed’s second GTD LP, Ocean Parkway. These renditions have been as impressed and electrical as your entire night, maybe by no means extra in order that the climactic interaction across the eight-minute mark of “Banh Mi.” This entire night time — the entire competition — celebrated all that’s proper with unbiased music. John and Steve are actually a giant a part of that.

I recorded this set with Schoeps MK4V mics mounted on the middle of the balcony, with a soundboard feed from Christopher Scully-Thurston’s combine. It sounds prefer it.

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