THE CLUTTERTONES

The Cluttertones, formed in 2006, have recently been developing a set-length piece called Memory of Light. Thanks to Gary Topp for presenting us on January 10, and for the above video.

photo by Matt Legge

THE CLUTTERTONES

Lina Allemano (trumpet)
Ryan Driver (human voice, analogue synthesizer)
Tim Posgate (banjo, guitar)
Rob Clutton (bass, composition)
“The Cluttertones trade in a sort of weirdness and beauty you’re very unlikely to have encountered before—even if you’re familiar with its constituents’ back catalogues.” - Nick Storring

— Musicworks

“Clutter is personal.” - Dawne Carleton

— Liner notes, Leeways

Ordinary Joy

The Cluttertones

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HPR #30

The Cluttertones are:

Lina Allemano - trumpet

Ryan Driver - analogue synth, voice, piano

Tim Posgate - banjo, guitar

Rob Clutton - bass

All compositions by Rob Clutton.

Lion and Ant is dedicated to the Read more
HPR #30

The Cluttertones are:

Lina Allemano - trumpet

Ryan Driver - analogue synth, voice, piano

Tim Posgate - banjo, guitar

Rob Clutton - bass

All compositions by Rob Clutton.

Lion and Ant is dedicated to the memory of Helen Carmichael Porter.

Recorded January 2014 at Arrayspace, in Toronto.

Recorded mixed and mastered by Fedge

Visual art by M. Randi Helmers: (Labyrinth Rose)

Layout by Vic Cheong

Thanks to Randi Helmers, Victoria Cheong, Wolfgang Nessel, Brodie West, Anthony Michelli, Dawne Carleton, Eric Chenaux, Scott Thomson, and The Ontario Arts Council.

We would like to acknowledge funding support from the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario.
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    Marzo 3:08
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    Lounge 4:10
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    Bison 8:00
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    Twisted Curling 5:57
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“At times, identities seem to pass from one instrument to another, Allemano’s trumpet functioning as percussion while Clutton’s bowed bass soars into the cello register, the banjo assuming a kind of unlikely nobility while the synthesizer resembles a hurdy-gurdy. As songs match up with instrumental abstractions, the Cluttertones happily provide a forum for Clutton’s highly personal musical visions, combining improbable materials into textures and sequences with dreamlike qualities.” - Stuart Broomer

— Musicworks