Recorded live over two evenings in Marseille, France, Drueling captures the first-ever meeting of American avant-underground pickers Turner Williams Jr. and Derek Monypeny — two artists united by their deep command of the shahi baaja, a 15-string electric keyboardzither of modern Indo-Japanese origin. Tracked straight to a Zoom recorder with no overdubs or microphones, the album is a raw and intimate document of a singular creative encounter.
Across six improvised pieces, the two musicians weave a dense lattice of sustained tones, phantom overtones, and elusive harmonics — what they themselves call "a dialectic of twang." Williams pushes the instrument's electronic extensions into volatile, exploratory territory, while Monypeny counters with a measured but equally probing sensibility, making Drueling a compelling listen for fans of experimental folk, free improvisation, and the outer edges of string music. Released on the Twenty One Eighty Two Recording Company, this is a rare chance to own a numbered obi edition of a truly one-of-a-kind session.
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- Format: Vinyl
- Label: Twenty One Eighty Two Recording Company
- Genre: Folk, World, & Country
- Release Date: 04/03/2026
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TRACKS
A1. Free Deliverance
A2. Calanque I
A3. Space Prophet Dogon
B1. Pylône Song
B2. Calanque II
B3. Radio Gazelle
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