gregg bendian's interzone
mte-03

18 aug 1996 paramus nj

gregg bendian vibraphone & glockenspiel
alex cline drums & percussion
mark dresser bass
nels cline guitar

1. countermeasures (10:51)
2. sunblade strafe the continent (14:21)
3. blood: sassoon zi tavit (10:41)
4. titled (9:29)
5. i-zones (13:45)
6. debacle (7:52)

bendian is known primarily for his work as an improvising percussionist with derek bailey and cecil taylor. this release, the debut recording of his group interzone, should go a long way toward establishing him as a group leader, composer, and vibes player of the first order. rigorous and swinging compositionally based music with some kind of prog-rock slant, played by an exquisitely versatile ensemble.

"top 5 albums of 1997" cadence readers poll

"a strange and totally cool avant-jazz rejoinder to the promise of prog rock, interzone is unrelenting in its pursuit of deep-beauty and the veneer of complexity." father yod

"no vibes record has done as much for me since i can remember." cadence

"one of the most daring and satisfying music releases of 1997." exclaim

"file under: oddities" the wire