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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.

                                   -Chip Osborne, IM

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4/01/2010

The Congenial Fog

by Alex V. Cook, 225 Magazine

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12/02/2009

The Incense Merchants Improv the Atmosphere

by Travis Leeper, Tiger Weekly

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11/12/2009

The Incense Merchants Perform with Improvisations

by Lindsay Nunez, LSU Reveille Entertainment Writer

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