First performance since 2020. Ali Berkok - piano, Jake Oelrichs - drums, Mike Smith - electric guitar

Field Recording by Phil Snider

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Aurochs OG
Toronto, The Tranzac 
November 25, 2022

Aurochs OG
Ali Berkok – piano
Pete Johnston - bass
Jake Oelrichs – percussion
Mike Smith – electronics

TT: 1h 06m

Generously recorded and engineered by Phil Snider

Neumann KM 182 > SD722 > Audacity/Ozone 5/RX4 (editing, mastering) > CD Wave > TLH (flac, SBE)

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Rational Animals - Catch

aurochs is:
ali berkok - piano
pete johnston - bass&pedals
mike smith - electronics&live processing
jake oelrichs - drums&glockenspiel (absent this day)

recording generously provided by phil snider//
tranzac southern cross lounge 29 march 2019

Warrior Without a Home

Recording generously provided by Phil Snider.

Aurochs
Toronto, The Tranzac
December 27, 2019

Aurochs
Ali Berkok – piano
Pete Johnson - bass
Jake Oelrichs – percussion
Mike Smith – electronics

TT: 1h 

Neumann KM184 > SD 722 > Audiogate (downsample 24/48 to 16/44) > Audacity/Ozone 5/RX4 (editing, mastering) > CD Wave > TLH (flac, SBE)

The Grey Tale

(Ali Berkok - piano/accordion, Pete Johnston - bass, Jake Oelrichs - drums/percussion, Mike Smith - electronics) Formed in the autumn of 2012, these musicians have played with each other in various combinations in numerous groups in Toronto over the last ten years, including Muskox, Arkana Music, See Through Trio, and the Toronto Jazz Orchestra. This quartet emerged out of a shared desire to create extended improvised musical structures in which the instruments would function as equal partners in the ensemble texture. Drawing on a range of influences including jazz, dub reggae, American minimalism, electronic music, and punk rock, Aurochs seeks to expand the traditional palette associated with this instrumentation. To this end, Aurochs focuses on developing sustained, gradually unfolding ensemble improvisations. Aurochs's wide open approach to music-making means that they never end up with the same song structure twice.
You can catch Aurochs playing at the Tranzac on the final Friday of every month, at 7:30p.m.

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