Ponder Machine, by JD Pinkus & Tall Tall Trees

Ponder Machine

by JD Pinkus & Tall Tall Trees

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Pre-order of Ponder Machine. You get 1 track now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.

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releases June 30, 2023

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First pressing on 150gm black vinyl, limited to 555 hand-numbered copies.

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1.	Sourdough Rag
2.	Building Fires
3.	High On The Mountain
4.	Mad County
5.	Afterlifer
6.	Can't C#
7.	E.Y.'s Demise
8.	Ponder Machine
9.	Zeno Raises The Dead
10.	Fungal Mountain Breakdown 05:52	buy track

about

If you've been wondering what it might sound like when two alt-banjo giants join hands & strings and sell their souls at the crossroads, Ponder Machine (due June 30, 2023 via Shimmy-Disc) is an essential listening experience.

In August of 2022, Kramer parachuted into Asheville, North Carolina to record a mysterious LP of collaborative banjo studies by JD Pinkus & Tall Tall Trees. Pinkus is best known as the bassist who replaced Kramer following his exit from the Butthole Surfers (and his years with The Melvins), and Joyful Noise Recordings artist Tall Tall Trees (aka Mike Savino) is a stunningly talented multi-instrumentalist, known for his work with Kishi Bashi, along with his pioneering excursions into the world of his Banjotron 5000.

Within hours of Kramer's arrival, things got entirely out of hand (in exactly the manner they had hoped), and the results are sure to rewrite the way people see, hear and THINK about the banjo, Ponder Machine proves in a thousand ways that the possibilities are limitless, and the extra 30 minutes you get when you download the digital-only tracks just hammers the point home.

Think John Cage meets Bela Fleck meets Brian Eno. The banjo has never been chewed up and spit out so lovingly. JD Pinkus brought his mushrooms and effects pedals. Mike Savino brought his sourdough and his psychedelic street-smarts. Sweet dreams, y'all.

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releases June 30, 2023

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Tall Tall Trees Asheville, North Carolina

The man behind Tall Tall Trees is Mike Savino, a pioneer in the the world of experimental and psychedelic banjo music. Often performing solo, Savino’s modern take on the one-man band involves running his homemade instrument, dubbed the "Banjotron 5000" through a slab of effects and loopers, bowing, drumming, and strumming out multi-textured arrangements to support his lyrically driven songs. ... more

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shows

Jul 08

WonderStruck Festival

Cleveland, OH
Jul 08

Lakeland Community College

Kirtland, OH
Jul 09

Tellus 360

Lancaster, PA
Jul 12

Purple Fiddle

Thomas, WV
Jul 12

City Winery - Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA
Jul 13

Purple Fiddle

Thomas, WV
Jul 14

Purple Fiddle

Thomas, WV
Jul 15

Clementine Cafe

Harrisonburg, VA
Aug 03

Avlfest

Asheville, NC

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