Hynes, Devonte & Third Coast Percussion / Fields
Album: Fields   Collection:Classical
Artist:Hynes, Devonte & Third Coast Percussion   Added:Nov 2019
Label:Cedille Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2019-12-18 Pull Date: 2020-02-19 Charts: Classical/Experimental
Week Ending: Feb 2 Jan 26 Jan 12 Jan 5 Dec 22
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Recent Airplay
1. Jan 30, 2020: Old Fart At Play
Coil
4. Jan 01, 2020: Emergency Crew for Yr Imaginary Friend
There Was Nothing
2. Jan 23, 2020: Run-Away-Radio
Coil
5. Dec 21, 2019: Music Casserole
Perfectly Voiceless
3. Jan 09, 2020: Clean Copper Radio & Hot Topics
Perfectly Voiceless

Album Review
Tom McCarter
Reviewed 2019-12-01
Reviewed: 2019-12-02
Genre: Jazz
FCCs: none
Review: Devonté Hynes (Blood Orange) and the Grammy Award-winning Chicago ensemble Third Coast Percussion have dropped Fields, a collaborative project comprised of classical music compositions written by Hynes and performed by the four-man group. Consisting of 13 lush compositions, the album’s first 11 tracks form a suite entitled “For All Its Fury” and the final two tracks are separate pieces. Hynes created a beautiful field for the musicians to play in.
If You Like: Terry Riley, Steve Reich
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
For All Its Fury:
*1/ Reach (2:32) – vibes start> slow tempo jam morphs into space jam> slow fade
**2/ Blur (1:40) – vibes start> uptempo jam> slow fade
*3/ Coil (3:54) – spacey start> midtempo space jam> quick stop
4/ Wane (1:22) – space jam with random percussion, like raindrops, then tympani thunder> quick fade
5/ Curl (1:16) – gong starts> slow space jam> fade
6/ Hush (1:53) – spacey synth starts> slow space jam washes in waves> fade
**7/ Gather (5:53) – slow spacey synth starts> marimba kicks in uptempo over washes of sound> slow fade
8/ Tremble (1:52) – synth starts quietly> slow space jam with sporadic notes builds in volume to crescendo & fades
9/ Cradle (5:25) – synth starts quiet & hesitating> slow apace jam builds in volume> crescendo> fade
***10/ Press (3:27) – marimba starts hesitatingly> midtempo jam swings uptempo & builds in volume> quick stop
***11/ Fields (6:05) – vibes/synth starts> slow space jam with multiple layers swings uptempo> crescendo end
*12/ Perfectly Voiceless (11:32) – vibes/marimba start> uptempo jam with shifting instrumentation> pause> midtempo jam with shifting instrumentation slows to slow tempo> slow fade
13/ There Was Nothing (13:41) – synth starts> slow space jam with waves of shifting instrumentation>
explosion of sound like a thunderstorm morphs into uptempo space jam> crescendo> uptempo space jam> slows to fade

Track Listing
1. Reach   7. Gather
2. Blur   8. Tremble
3. Coil   9. Cradle
4. Wane   10. Press
5. Curl   11. Fields
6. Hush   12. Perfectly Voiceless
  13. There Was Nothing