BURNT SUGAR-MAKING LOVE TO THE DARK AGES


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Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber turns music inside out. Bandleader Greg Tate "plays the band" using a technique called conduction, which gets its name from the field of physics, and which was developed
by jazz conductor Butch Morris. In Tate's hands, Burnt Sugar combines sounds together with a funky twist, snagging idiomatic metaphors from film editing techniques and hip hop culture. When the band plays live,
they often do so with little more than a concept or melody in mind, drawing upon the moods and energy in the room, ending in a one-time composition that could not have been predicted nor repeated. Their new
album, Making Love to the Dark Ages (LiveWired Music, released March 17, 2009), presents the band in its largest format, and draws on their signature group improvisation as well as tapping into studio recording
techniques.
The album speaks for itself: a tasty mix of history and contemporary. A spicy blend of jazz, improv, innovation and composition. A cornucopia of sound embedded in the process of creativity: hot, sweet, and a little
burnt on the edges.