Sam Ospovat Brooklyn, New York
Originally from Lincoln, Nebraska, Sam Ospovat played piano and sang in boys' choir before picking up his first pair of drumsticks in 5th grade. He made his recording debut at Fantasy Studios playing bell tree on Lou Harrison's “Threnody for Carlos Chavez.” He can be heard with Enablers, Flying Luttenbachers, Brandon Seabrook, Angelica Sanchez, Lydia Lunch, Ava Mendoza, and in his own contexts… ... more
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Incredible, living and shifting tour to normally unreachable spaces, Absurd in it's intimacy and expanse. Seems to reconvey all art in the canon through a dream. Infant to old. Plus, Scriabin lover.
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The nucleus. Radically unique and personal voice--rhythmically, harmonically, melodically, formally, instrumentally, technically. Pizzicato genius.
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Timbral genius. Intuitive forms. Completely original voice on the electric bass. Maybe comes along once in a generation? Relentlessly creative, using and abusing all possible vectors.
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This music has everything I need: acoustic instruments, a slow build, layers of atypical harmonies and rhythms being added each pass through, subtle melodies and combinations. Excellent work!
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The prolific drummer and producer, a veteran of the Philadelphia and Antwerp club scenes, proves his rhythmic mastery once again.
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The self-described “SpongeBobs of Belgian jazz” balance lush beds of synth with knotty instrumentation.
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