The second release by Endless Season, the collaborative project of Daniel Carter and Ayumi Ishito, A Different Sway o' da Weep unfolds through six pieces that move freely between electronic composition, improvisation, ambient drift, and rhythmic pulse.
Originally conceived at Carter’s encouragement, the project grew from Ishito’s electronic productions, which became a foundation for spontaneous musical responses, layered textures, and evolving sonic landscapes. The album embraces a fluid approach where genre boundaries dissolve in favor of atmosphere, intuition, and discovery.
The album’s title was chosen from Carter’s personal writings during a period marked by the loss of a close mutual friend. Throughout the recording, fragments of Carter’s texts served as both source material and points of departure, with selected phrases becoming track titles and occasional spoken-word elements. Rather than conventional narration, these voices appear as transformed presences, realized through speech synthesis and electronic processing.
Among the album’s six pieces, Wake of Shards stands apart for its organic approach. Emerging from a slowly shifting drone, the music is carried forward by guest drummer Yuko Togami, whose subtle presence gives breath and momentum to an otherwise suspended space.
Recorded in Brooklyn and shaped through an extended process of composition, improvisation, editing, and post-production, A Different Sway o' da Weep reflects an ongoing dialogue between human expression and technological transformation, memory and invention, structure and chance.
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released July 3, 2026
Endless Season
Daniel Carter – saxophone, trumpet, flute, poetry
Ayumi Ishito – saxophone, composition, production, mixing, mastering, photography and design
Yuko Togami – drums on "Wake of Shards"
Recorded October 13, 2025 at Park West Studio,
Brooklyn, New York.
Recorded by Jim Clouse.
Texts and track titles derived from writings by Daniel Carter.
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Mary Halvorson is a genius composer and guitarist who has developed her own musical language, and with Code Girl she has incorporated poetry into that language. Incredible compositions and lyricism (each track is a different kind of poem). Halvorson's playing is as great as usual, and all the other members of the band sound great. Robert Wyatt's singing in particular works extremely well in the tracks he's featured. Highly, highly recommend. rat
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Not sure what I was expecting, but I'm certainly not disappointed. Groovy and chill, with occasional excursions into avant-noise territory. And not a singer in sight (good).
Not a listen-everyday type release, but still a solid addition to the collection. Ghuughra
Avant-garde jazz with touches of blues, soul, and swing from this acclaimed NYC tenor saxophonist and his superb trio. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 21, 2025
Another stellar reissue from the Art Ensemble Of Chicago captures the group at their freewheeling best at sessions from Paris 1969. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 25, 2025
A crew of jazz icons join forces on this moody, exploratory LP that summons deep moods with low, resonant melodies. Bandcamp New & Notable May 23, 2025
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Stylistically a kinder, gentler Ceramic Dog album. Don’t get it twisted, Marc is still very much pissed off. His lyrics offer much fuel for interesting conversation. The band sounds less rigid and more elastic in their sound this time around. Maybe it was the unique method of recording this one, but it stands as their most eclectic release. Not sure why they left off the “7.83 Hz” track from the digital release, however… Lord Dubious