The
Incense Merchants is an improvisational ensemble, an "avant/semble".
Although nothing is predetermined in any detail, there
are certain tendencies
to the performances
that reflect the various backgrounds and interests of
the musicians--classical, conceptual, ambient, free
jazz, pop,
etc.
Although somewhat counterintuitive, this in practice results in a fairly consistent
sound: a cinematic fusion of genres and periods that is frequently a melodic
minimalism at base, with some self-indulgence free form expressionism on top,
something akin to the Lounge Lizards, Kronos
Quartet, and John Zorn.
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Chip Osborne
01/08/2010 - incense merchants: Raul, Brad, Bill
11/14/2009 - incense merchants
10/28/2009 - incense merchant sans (mar)cello
07/08/09 - William Osborne (gtr),
Raul Gomez (vln) and Bill Kelley (syn) in trio
