"This double live LP features recordings from three nights of shows --May 12 & 13, 2023 at 2220 Arts & Archives in Los Angeles & May 15 at The Chapel in San Francisco. It's a breathtaking 90 minutes of three-way interaction, two ascended masters supporting a new but very promising disciple. Collier borrows from the AACM, from Pharoah Sanders, from Charles Gayle, & from bebop (I swear he quotes "Salt Peanuts"), while Parker makes his bass sounds like a guembri, a donso ngoni, a guitar, & someone beating their palms against the inside of a wooden ship's hold, & Hooker's drumming is heavy foot & precise snare, plus some of the most amazing cymbal washes you'll ever hear. This is "free jazz" as ancestral lore being passed down live in the moment. Forty years from now, Isaiah Collier will be teaching it to musicians in their twenties who heard these recordings & sought him out. (From The Ancients, out 1/31 via Eremite)." Read Phil Freeman's Stereogum review in-full & order the vinyl here 

The Ancients --Isaiah Collier, William Hooker, William Parker --2025-01-31 / Onilu --Joe Chambers, Kevin Diehl, Chad Taylor-- 2025-02-07. 

friends of eremite records. the upcoming Natural Information Society concerts:
2024-05-17  FIMAV 40  Victoriaville  Community Ensemble w/ Ari Brown
2024-05-29  The Lab  San Francisco  NIS 4tet
2024-05-30  The Lodge Room  Los Angeles  NIS 4tet w/ Jeff Parker/Avery/Butterss/Johnson IVtet
2024-06-01  The Moody Center  Houston  NIS 4tet

natural information society community ensemble with ari brown -since time is gravity- #1 underground album 2023 -mojo magazine-, 30 best jazz & experimental albums 2023 -pitchfork-, 50 favorite albums 2023 -boston globe-, 50 top releases 2023 -the wire-, 2023 year in review -aquarium drunkard-, #1 album 2023 jazz/improv -magnet magazine-, 20 best experimental albums of 2023 -pop matters-, 2023 favorites -raven sings the blues-. x2LP available eremite.com (you're here). CD-quality digital files at eremite records bandcamp. friends in europe, please visit our partner aguirre records

2023-09-14  Neptune Theatre  Seattle  4tet
2023-09-16  Red Cat  Los Angeles  4tet
2023-09-20  Pioneer Works  Brooklyn  Community Ensemble w/ Ari Brown & Darius Jones
2023-09-21.22.23  Solar Myth  Philadelphia  4tet with Ari Brown + guests
2023-09-04  Woodsist Festival  Accord  4tet