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)

Part I

Rational Animals - Catch

Platinum Umbrage

Christine Bougie sat in with Aurochs on 9 March 2016. This is what it sounded like. 

Aurochs/Bougie

Pedal steel master Burke Carroll sat in with Aurochs on 12 April 2016 at TRANZAC in Toronto. This is what it sounded like. 

Aurochs With Burke Carroll

Gustave Le Grey
for solo piano
performed by Amy J. Yang, 2012

Gustave Le Grey

A little moody groovy written for issue #35 of The Pendulum

http://thependulumblog.tumblr.com

No One O'Clock

Number 5 of 24.  http://24standards.blogspot.com

Say It (Over And Over Again)

Parade

Interview with Pete Johnston on the radio show Noise on CJSW in Calgary, hosted by Paula Fayerman. Conducted on 12 July 2018

Noise

Noise - Episode 12 July 2018

Keep Ups

(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.

Part I

Aurochs

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