RITES (Seymour Wright alto-saxophone solos 2003-2023)

by Seymour Wright

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Seymour Wright's fourth, full solo record.

A 4-CD-set:

SEASONAL RITES (2017-2023)
ANCIENT RITES (2003-2008)
(IF) I REMEMBER RITES (2020)
REAL AND IMAGINARY RITES (2022-2023)

Alto saxophone solos recorded between 2023 and 2003.

In an oblong sleeve, 2 x 300gsm sheets, 4 discs, sleeve-notes.

Sounds, words and design by Seymour Wright.

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1.	ANCIENT RITES _ New Cross ['Wright Indeed'] (2003) 05:20	buy track
2.	ANCIENT RITES _ Haggerston ['All Wright!'] (2005a.) 12:23	buy track
3.	ANCIENT RITES _ Brixton ['Lost Wright'] (2005d.) 15:50	buy track
4.	ANCIENT RITES _ Greenwich (?) ['Bare Wright'] (2008c.) 08:49	buy track
5.	SEASONAL RITES _ Aestival Rite (2017) 18:22	buy track
6.	SEASONAL RITES _ Autumnal Rite (2018) 19:57	buy track
7.	SEASONAL RITES _ Vernal on Brumal RIte (2022a. and, again, in 2023) 17:04	buy track
8.	(IF) I REMEMBER RITES _ Futility Rite? (2020) 15:20	buy track
9.	(IF) I REMEMBER RITES _ Taste Rite (2020) 28:03	buy track
10.	(IF) I REMEMBER RITES _ Natural Rite (2020) [for Carole Finer] 15:08	buy track
11.	(IF) I REMEMBER RITES _ Knot Rite (2020) 15:09	buy track
12.	REAL AND IMAGINARY RITES _ Dalston (2022b.) 20:29	buy track
13.	REAL AND IMAGINARY RITES _ Hoxton (2022c.) 17:39	buy track
14.	REAL AND IMAGINARY RITES _ Stoke Newington (2023b.) [for Victor Schonfield] 10:40	buy track
15.	REAL AND IMAGINARY RITES _ Saint-Gilles (2023c.) 09:02	buy track

about

These RITES are designed (realised and situated) – through/in – the saxophone, as:

(conic) vessel,
text,
structure,
lens,
‘kitchen’,
nexus,
body/organ(s),
rhythm,
ecology/knot,
speculative (entrepreneurial) invention,
(and shadow).

Recorded in London (and Brussels) between 2023 and 2003.

They follow on from, and update, Seymour Wright of Derby (2008), Seymour Writes Back (2014), and Is This Right? (2017).

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released July 28, 2023

Sounds, words, and design Seymour Wright.

Thank you:
Billy Steiger
Crystabel Riley
Daniel Blumberg
Paul Abbott
and
Shaun Crook

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Seymour Wright London, UK

saxophonist, in:
@xcrswx
[Ahmed]
GUO
XT
X Ray Hex Tet
Creaking Breeze Ensemble

seymourwright.com

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