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Time's Up

by Blake Fleming

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Time's Up is an all percussion based record. The idea was to make single length songs (3-4mins more or less) out of nothing but drum and percussion instruments, hopefully providing "hooks" not normally associated with such music. It's part Bboy percussion throwdown, This Heat homage, Hybrid African, Afro-beat and Blake.
The album was recorded using a two input M-box and a Fostex cassette 4-track. The most expensive microphone used was the Audio-Technica Pro 37. Recorded in the basement of a 150 yr. old church in the Catskill Mountains.

Blake Fleming is a percussionist known for his involvement with several influential experimental bands and has recently written his first book, The Book of Rhythm, an unprecedented collection of 5,096 meticulously organized rhythms for all instruments. His drumming has been written about in such major publications as The New York Times, NPR.com, Spin, Rolling Stone, MOJO, Modern Drummer, DRUM!, Dangerous Minds, and Pitchfork. He was included in SPIN’s 100 Greatest Drummers of Alternative Music and has recorded and toured extensively, working with luminaries in the jazz, rock and avant-garde worlds. Alongside a variety of studio work, he also enjoys teaching students worldwide with live online lessons and is an adjunct professor at The State University of New York at Oneonta.

“There’s a false idea, in music generally and in drumming specifically, that chops and technique are somehow antithetical to raw passion and creativity. That might be true when it comes to lesser musicians, but a player like Blake Fleming proves that the total package is in fact possible. He is simultaneously one of the most scarily brutal drummers I’ve ever witnessed behind a kit, and also one of the most learned about his art form that I know."
-Hank Shteamer, Senior Music Editor, Rolling Stone

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released January 13, 2013

All songs written, performed, recorded, and produced by
Blake Fleming.
© 2013 Skin and Stick Music (ASCAP)
Mixed by Andris Balins with Blake Fleming.
Additional recording by Andris Balins at Dryhill Studios, Oneonta, NY.
Cover photo (road sky) by John Bosch (groundcontrolstudio.com)
Cover photo (eye) by Blake Fleming
Cover design by Blake Fleming

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