ABOUT THE ALBUM

Dave Tucker says that he brought this disparate group of musicians together for a live performance at London’s Cafe Oto last March on “an educated guess,” predicting that the artists—Mark Sanders (Drums & Percussion), Pat Thomas (Piano & Keys), Dave Tucker (Guitar) and Thurston Moore (Guitar)—would be able to create something extraordinary through improvisation. The condition of their encounter would later become the collective’s name, an “Educated Guess” and the eponymous title of their first release, the first installment of a two-part volume. The album is another experiment in chance: an eclectic composition of spontaneous performance, layering guitars over complex, sometimes-scattered drum arrangements, and punctuating the noise with distinctive electronic manipulation. Demonstrating their different backgrounds, UK improvised music heroes Thomas and Sanders, already on a few 577 Records’ releases, join forces with UK-based guitarist Tucker (a longtime collaborator with The Fall, Dudu Pukwana, Louis Moholo) and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth to create something deeply inventive and experimental, pushing the boundary of noise music towards a complicated, dissonant electronica. The album, released online and on vinyl, will be available on April 2nd, 2021.

Dave Tucker, Pat Thomas, Thurston Moore, Mark Sanders
Educated Guess Vol. 1

Dave Tucker - Guitar and Electronics
Pat Thomas - Piano & Keys
Thurston Moore - Guitar
Mark Sanders - Drums & Percussion

Recorded at Cafe Oto, London, UK

Release: April 2021
Total LP time - 36:47
Catalogue number 5833-1

Image painted live by Gina Southgate
Graphic design: Sergio Vezzali

Vinyl: Beautifully designed vinyl LP with printed inner sleeve
Download code included

Also, only available from us and the artist: Exclusive limited edition of 100 color LPs

CD: Exclusive First Digipak CD Edition of 500


TRACKS:

SIDE ONE
The New Normal Part 1 16:34

SIDE TWO
The New Normal Part 2 20:13


100% of profit from the sale of most of these albums
goes to the musicians

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