There is a tendency among practitioners of Improvised Music circles that promotes fluid dynamics within personnel for projects. Sound artists and musicians (and whatever other appellations they adhere to) make small pools of peers from which a given creator will pull in order to realize a particular project. While not being completely unheard of, long term collaborations with assigned monikers are rather rare within the pursuit. Disaster Amnesiac brings it up on account of hearing Clastic, the latest release from San Francisco Bay Area depth trio Euphotic. This trio, comprised of Cheryl E. Leonard, Tom Djll and Bryan Day has been operating as a longer term sound producing entity for quite some time now. The fruits of their collaborative labors are always compelling, fascinating and ear catching, as I've been recently reminded while listening to the release. Baleen tips in as a pretty quickly paced opener; Leonard's rocks-based sounds always perk the ears up. As these blend with Day's percussive analogs and Djll's electro-acoustics the attentive listener can hear their well practiced sympatico emerging from the seeming murkiness. Euphotic's inter-group dynamics are well in place and evident if one listens. Spiralia presents a duration that could allow for rushing but instead retains an even keel throughout, the more to allow for its contemplative nature to remain in focus. The inner workings of cellular life at deep ocean floor or perhaps trapped within the depths of an Antarctic ice wall. Trumpet that is well glitched out colors Cipher. Djll really processes his horn into something odd sounding while Day pops and scrapes behind it and Leonard buzzes about with the SOMA ETHER V2 electronic system. Crab Pot has a bit more clear trumpet timbre within its long tones. The surreal rhythm section frames these with a spaciousness that's effective. After a while it shows a more purely synth originated sound that does a quiet burn before fading into Sediment Core. This longer track ends Clastic and it is also it's highlight piece. The track's Sci-Fi battles get frenetic and they are so delicious for it. Croaking densities are rendered even more thick with field recordings and samples. This one gives proof to the soundness of creative musical groupings that work together long term. It coheres their past achievements and points the way forward to even more detailed incidences of granular interaction within their unique band form. After Clastic Disaster Amnesiac certainly looks forward to getting in tune with whatever issues next from Euphotic.
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