|
Washington's guitarist Anthony Pirog surfaced with
Where Is Home (2012), a collaboration with Janel Leppin.
Palo Colorado Dream (Cuneiform, 2014), performed in a trio with
drummer Ches Smith and bassist Michael Formanek,
collects music of the previous decade, ranging from
new-age folk music (Palo Colorado Dream)
to poppy ditties (Song In 5),
from anthemic post-rock (The New Electric) to
romantic balladry (I'm Not Coming Home).
The trio even doubles as a bar band in
The Great Northern, a Latin-tingued lullaby that morphs into a loud and rowdy blues jam.
The more adventurous listeners are treated to a couple of
dissonant and disjointed intermezzos (Minimalist, Threshold)
whose ideas blossom in the longer surreal chaotic soundscape of
Heads.
Music of the Anacostia Delta (Cuneiform 2016), credited to the
Spellcasters, was a collaboration with fellow guitarists Joel Harrison and Dave Chappell and a rhythm section.
Pirog then joined Brendan Canty and Joe Lally of Fugazi to form the punk-rock
band Messthetics, documented on
The Messthetics (Dischord, 2018)
and
Anthropocosmic Nest (2019).
The same trio of Palo Colorado Dream recorded the 14 brief vignettes
of Pocket Poem (Cuneiform, 2020).
Anthony Pirog played guitars, guitar synth, lap steel & loops on his solo
In Side (september 2020).
Figure/Ground (february 2021) documents a collaboration between Henry Kaiser and Anthony Pirog.
The Great Mirage (recorded in 2022) documents improvisations of the electric guitar duo of Joel Harrison and Anthony Pirog accompanied by Stephan Crump (bass) and Allison Miller (drums).
Location Location Location, featuring Michael Formanek (electric and double basses, guitar) and Mike Pride (drumset, marimba, bongos, dub), debuted with Damaged Goods (Cuneiform, 2023).
Pirog led
a 25-musician ensemble in the two lengthy compositions of
The Hunger Artist (2024), scored for
two trumpets, four basses, four saxes, cello, french horn, harmonium, vibraphone, mandolin, trombone, piano, viola, glockenspiel, accordion, drums, synthesizer, electronics and piano.
|
