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Wash Your Hands (Freek Jazz)

from The New Normal by Commander Goznales

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This piece is a classic Commander Goznales composition and from all the songs in the record it represents the vibe of our live shows the best. Chaotic and polyrhythmic patterns fly around the aether in both dissonance and harmony; they share a communal center but each sound has a life of its own. Things come together, fall apart, turn to chaos, and then come together again. This is the way we perform on our live improvisations but it was also how we recorded this song by jamming every sound simultaneously. Some minimal additions and rearranging were added in post but the song retains its improvised/live essence. Here you will find elements of jazz, techno, rock, noise, and free improvisation. All of these are genres that fascinate us but don’t define us.


@kathrynlastart joins us on the keys and adds her beautiful piano sensibilities to the synthetic oscillations of the Moogs. @wandelaire Jazz and rock inspired drumming keeps things groovy, fresh, and frenetic: he is the one who keeps things in perspective but pay closer attention to his drumming and you will be hypnotized and robbed of your preconceived judgements of what a rhythm section is supposed to achieve. No, drums are not just there to accompany your melodies; in Commander Goznales every instrument and every player is a melody machine:

"There are no desiring-machines that exist outside the social machines that they form on a large scale; and no social machines without the desiring machines that inhabit them on a small scale." (Deleuze)

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from The New Normal, released October 20, 2020

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Commander Goznales Toronto, Ontario

Electric Experimental Music assemblage. Based out of Toronto and Peterborough, Canada with roots in Latin America. Specializing in Analog synthesizers, polyrhythms, and free improvisation with an avant-garde sensibility. Performing together since 2010. Mark Allwood and Paul Ciuk are the core members of the band and they bring their Latin American spirit to their psychedelic compositions. ... more

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