MERCURY FALLS .... Now, RF touring with Joanna Newsome

 

MERCURY FALLS is

Ryan Francesconi (Joanna Newsom's Ys Street Band) and Patrick Cress's new project. Patrick Cress: Saxes, Bass Clarinet, Ryan Francesconi (RF): Guitars, Electric Bass, Electronics, Eric Perney: Double Bass, Tim Bulkley: Drum Set

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Mercury Falls manipulates an organic combination of ambient beats and textures with the freedom and feel of jazz. Their fresh approach to melody is a seemless connection between acoustic artistry and imaginative programming.  Subtle electronic coloring, created through field recordings, is combined with the traditional jazz combo and countless musical influences (Tortoise, Craig Taborn, Béla Bartok, and Stereolab, to name a few.)  With the music of Mercury Falls, you'll hear the startling power of naked acoustic guitar as it moves across a varied digital soundscape, driving ride cymbal accompanying a serene unison melody, and the cry of a saxophone over the pulsing tone of upright bass. Mercury Falls will bring you to a place of turbulent emotion; from hope to heartache, always with a sense of wonder.