Super Bolus V
released digitally February 11th, 2022
The Super Bolus is a (mostly) annual celebration by Gold Bolus Recordings of the community that the label documents. Begun in 2016, The Super Bolus is an invitation for anyone who has released music on the label to reinterpret the works of anyone else on the label or to create something new with someone else on the label. The first four Super Boluses were live events in NYC, but in 2022, we’re bringing you the first recorded Super Bolus.
This year’s output is a healthy mix of duo & trio creations from first-time collaborators and reinterpretations spanning the GBR back catalogue. The duo/trio collaborations often span genre and generation in creating something new. The reinterpretations show the versatility the artists & recordings of Gold Bolus and take songs, pieces, and improvisations in wonderfully unexpected directions.
Here’s a deeper dive into each track:
Andrew Livingston – Take My Hand Off the Wheel
original track by Rallidae – rallidae.bandcamp.com/track/take-my-hand-off-the-wheel
More Andrew on Gold Bolus: andrewlivingston.bandcamp.com
Sugar Vendil & John King – 14:40
More Sugar on Gold Bolus: nouveauclassicalproject.bandcamp.com/album/currents
More Sugar in general: http://sugarvendil.com/
More John on Gold Bolus: gelseybelljohnking.bandcamp.com/album/ciphony
Sugar:
I was thrilled when you got in touch about collaborating. I’d heard your music live and loved it (Piano Vectors and the work for Brooklyn Youth Chorus) and knew you were also a Cage Cunningham-head like me, so I had a good feeling about this. I set a timer on my phone and kept in mind what we had discussed: imagining each other being there, allowing space. For our improv, I played my out-of-tune piano and sang with my loop pedal.
John:
i was also very excited to work with you on a duo collaboration, knowing and loving your piano, toy piano, prepared piano works along with your voice and live electronics. Felt like a perfect fit, and it was! In our initial conversation, we agreed that the plan would be to work independently on our own sonic paths, and we would leave silences which we could imagine being filled by the other, and our doing this for the 14:40 minute total duration. I was working on a new performance patch for Ableton Live and “prepared” viola, using chopsticks and clothespins, so I also just set up the stopwatch and hit “record”. I have to say that after you sent me your tracks, and I brought them together with my track and hit “play”, hearing our two sound worlds together for the first time was nothing short of magical.
Pat O’Reilly – The Voyagers Make Contact (f Carl Sagan, inspired by Andrew Livingston)
inspired by “Chronic Fatigue” from Andrew Livingston’s News From the Oort Cloud – andrewlivingston.bandcamp.com/track/chronic-fatigue
Pat O’Reilly – Piano, Voice, Electronics
More Pat on Gold Bolus: patoreilly.bandcamp.com
Anne Rhodes & Kristina Warren – Suture
Anne Rhodes – voice and electronics
Kristina Warren – electronics
More Anne on Gold Bolus: broadcloth.bandcamp.com/album/in-stitches
More Kristina on Gold Bolus: petracore.bandcamp.com/album/filament
Dave Ruder – Pastor Bates
Dave Ruder – vocals, clarinet, lap steel guitar, keyboards
original song by Jobcocks! (still unreleased)
More Dave on Gold Bolus: daveruder.bandcamp.com
Carlos Cotallo Solares & Hans Tammen – Méta-Matic
Carlos Cotallo Solares: baritone guitar and pedalboard
Hans Tammen: processing
More Hans on Gold Bolus: hanstammen.bandcamp.com/album/ten-minutes-late-with-no-bus-in-sight-and-no-taxi-either
Look for Carlos on Picard & Picard, coming soon from GBR!
Jonah Rosenberg & Joe White – Cry
Joseph White – Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Rhodes, Bass Drum, Knee-Slapping
Jonah Rosenberg – Vocals, Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Rhodes, Synth Programming
more Joe on Gold Bolus: joewhitenoise.bandcamp.com/music
more Jonah on Gold Bolus: paleontol0gist.bandcamp.com/album/i-aspire-to-be-held-momentarily-by-the-train-s-dispatcher
more Meaghan on Gold Bolus: meaghanburke.bandcamp.com/album/a-few-concerns
Aliza Simons & Brian McCorkle – Pete Seeger Songs
Euphonium, Vocals – Aliza Simons
Synthesizer, Vocals – Brian McCorkle
Recorded and Arranged by Aliza Simons and Brian McCorkle
Mixed and Mastered by Brian McCorkle February 2022
Thank you to Ian Munro, Dave Ruder, and Joe White.
original song by Joseph White: joewhitenoise.bandcamp.com/track/pete-seeger-songs
more Aliza on Gold Bolus: whylie1.bandcamp.com
more Brian on Gold Bolus: panoplylab.bandcamp.com
more of them together: varispeedcollective.bandcamp.com/album/empty-words
Popebama – not Great
performed by Popebama: Dennis Sullivan & Erin Rogers
original song by Dave Ruder: https://daveruder.bandcamp.com/track/not-great
more Dave on Gold Bolus: daveruder.bandcamp.com
more Popebama on Gold Bolus: popebama.bandcamp.com/album/nation-building
Sam Morrison – Land
original improvisation by the Chutneys: https://thechutneys.bandcamp.com/track/land
more Sam on Gold Bolus: cassauna.bandcamp.com/album/minimal-surface
more Chutneys on Gold Bolus: thechutneys.bandcamp.com/album/home
Angela Morris, Gelsey Bell, & John Murchison – Cheesecake Postcard
John Murchison – qanun
Angela Morris – tenor sax
Gelsey Bell – voice
more John on Gold Bolus: ensemblefanaa.bandcamp.com/album/ensemble-fanaa
more Gelsey on Gold Bolus: gelseybell.bandcamp.com
more Angela on Gold Bolus: rallidae.bandcamp.com/album/turned-and-was
Jeff Tobias – In the Mire
original song by Why Lie?: whylie1.bandcamp.com/track/in-the-mire
More Jeff on Gold Bolus: cassauna.bandcamp.com/album/minimal-surface
Paul Pinto – Llama
original by Jack Anger: jackanger.bandcamp.com/track/llama
more Paul on Gold Bolus: paulpinto.bandcamp.com
Jack Anger – Beatrice
original by Paul Pinto: pfpinto.com/15photos/beatrice/
more Paul on Gold Bolus: paulpinto.bandcamp.com
more Jack on Gold Bolus: jackanger.bandcamp.com
Thea Little & Dafna Naphtali – Constellations
more Dafna on Gold Bolus: fusebox-nyc.bandcamp.com/album/fusebox
more Thea on Gold Bolus: thealittle.bandcamp.com/album/honest-process
Thea and Dafna explore Feng Shui concepts through Aleatoric activation of Vocals, Words, Singing and Field Recordings.
What started as a track for Super Bolus V has serendipitously turned into a larger concept for installation and performance.