Actions of Strength, Protest & Truth

by Ash Cooke

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	1.	Sound for Sore Ears 02:25
	2.	Rivets 01:52
	3.	Wet Mountain Rag 02:22
	4.	Steal Softly Thru Snow 03:22
	5.	How the Mighty had Fallen 03:21
	6.	No Determinant 02:36
	7.	Best Laid Plans 04:45

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In order to immerse oneself in the collective bliss of stream-of-consciousness musicality, let’s remind ourselves that free improvisation exists outside the boundaries of functionality.

What is it free from? It is free from hierarchy. It is untamed, unorganised, unconscious.

Everyone is equal. It’s political in being apolitical.

Let us collectively embrace the decoupling of music from music as a commodity.

From 'Five strategies for free improvisation' by Peter Armitage

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released October 18, 2022

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Ash Cooke Wales, UK

Ash Cooke is an internationally recognised improvising guitarist and artist from North Wales.

Initially making his name in the 90’s Welsh band Derrero Ash has spent the last 20 years steadily building a reputation as an experimental musician and visual artist.

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