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Tom Djll - Serge Works

Other Minds’ Modern Hits (MH) collection continues with a new installment of four releases. Modern Hits is a series of digital-only releases focused on unearthing archival works by the unsung pioneers of electronic music from the Bay Area and beyond. Previous editions have included work by John Bischo , Ramón Sender, Sheila Booth, and others. This latest edition features works by Tom Djll {pronounced Dill}, Jerry Hunt, Philip Bimstein, and Alden Jenks.
Tom Djll has long been developing his idiosyncratic language for trumpet—a vocabulary expanded by the use of modular synthesizers. Serge Works collects compositions and improvisations recorded between 1983 and 1988, relatively early
in the development of his improvisational work. Included in the liner notes is an extensive interview between Djll and Bay Area improviser Aaron Oppenheim on Djll’s techniques and history.

1) TOMBO (1987) (5:23)
Recorded in Taos, NM
Tom Djll – trumpet, voice, Serge Modular Synthesizer

2) schitzo-analysis (1987) (5:06)
Tom Djll – trumpet and Serge Modular Synthesizer

3) popcorn music (1988) (6:00)
Recorded in Berkeley, CA
Tom Djll – trumpet and Serge Modular Synthesizer

4) FAT (1984) (13:42)
Recorded in Santa Cruz, CA
Tom Djll – Serge Modular Synthesizer

5) Pair Time (1983) (5:59)
Recorded in Santa Cruz, CA
Tom Djll – trumpet, various instruments, and Serge Modular Synthesizer
Ross Rabin – percussion, amplified percussion, toys, voice

6) Francine (1984) (6:15)
Recorded in Aptos, CA
Tom Djll – trumpet and Serge Modular Synthesizer
Ross Rabin – percussion, amplified percussion, zither

7) Seattle 1988 (1988) (6:01)
Recorded by Doug Haire, live at the
Third Seattle Festival of Improvised Music, Seattle, WA
Tom Djll – trumpet and Serge Modular Synthesizer

Charles Amirkhanian – Executive Producer
Andrew Weathers – Producer
Andrew Weathers – Mastering Engineer
Mark Abramson – Packaging Design

Interview conducted by Aaron Oppenheim

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