Guitarist Richard Ellis, percussionist Louis Carrillo, and bassist Kendal Crews decide to record their rehearsal.
After working on one cover song, they begin freely improvising. Rock, funk, jazz, and noise pour out. Decades of collective music making are distilled into creating a singular ecstatic moment.
These moments continue for hours.
These are the tapes.
credits
from Ellis Island Day Sampler (2023),
track released January 23, 2023
Recorded direct to 2-track cassette by Richard Ellis in New Orleans, Louisiana on September 17th, 2003.
Mastered by audiosalvage
Cover/Disk Photo: RMS Titanic lifeboat no.6 approaches rescue ship Carpathia
from the National Archives (UK)
Interior/Traycard Photo: Duck Reach Power Station
from the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office (LPIC84/1/57)
Cover and Package Design: Curious Automata
Produced by Richard Ellis and Vic Dillahay