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ARTIST: KYLE BRUCKMANN'S WRACK
Title: Intents & Purposes

Label: 482 Music
Cat. No.: 482-1050

Personnel:
KYLE BRUCKMANN: oboe, English horn and suona
JEN CLARE PAULSON: viola
JASON STEIN: bass clarinet
ANTON HATWICH: bass
TIM DAISY: percussion

Track Listing:

1. The System Cannot Withstand Close Scrutiny (5:29)
2. Slippery Disciplines (7:53)
3. Inasmuch As (5:38)
4. Intents & Purposes (14:21)
5. Hot Bother (6:00)
6. Despite All Evidence to the Contrary (6:48)
7. Further Ado (5:45)

Intents and Purposes (482-1050) is the second release from Kyle Bruckmann’s Wrack (their self-titled debut was released on Red Toucan in 2003). Led by Bay Area double-reed player/composer Kyle Bruckmann, the group’s chamber-group-meets-creative-improvisation sound bridges the gap between modern classical music and Chicago’s experimental jazz scene.

For the past decade, Kyle Bruckmann has embraced musical endeavors ranging from classical to electronic to experimental rock to free improvisation. He has performed throughout the U.S. and Europe as a composer, interpreter and improviser in addition to appearing on more than 30 diverse recordings.

Intents & Purposes documents Bruckmann’s first visit back to Chicago, where all the other members of Wrack still reside, since moving to San Francisco in 2003. The new version of the group—former members Jeb Bishop and Kurt Johnson were unavailable for this incarnation— rehearsed for two days and spent five days on the road performing before entering the studio in April 2005. Although many of the pieces were written on the West Coast, Bruckmann credits Chicago’s creative music scene as their underlying influence and the reason they were recorded so successfully.

“...not your usual jazz quintet, not your run-of-the-mill chamber music ensemble either.” —François Couture, All Music Guide
“...like grand regal music played in a twisted, surreal kingdom.” —Craig Matsumoto, KZSU-FM
“Kyle Bruckmann’s discography paints a picture of a modern day renaissance musician.” —Adam Strohm, Dusted