CKDU interviews Toronto-based MuskoxDOWNLOAD AUDIO FILE: click here to download file (mp3, 128 kbps, 12 minutes)
Once when driving the Klondike highway in the Yukon Territory, I had to stop the car because a herd of Muskox blocked the road. The animals seemed to be from another space and time: bigger than our car, slow-moving, and at least a dozen of them. We came to a complete stop and observed for a while, until they moved out of our way.
Not so different from the live animal, is the band from Toronto.
Toronto-based six piece, Muskox, will be bringing their own temporal and sonic experience to Halifax for Jazz East's yearly Spring festival. A prominent theme in the music is it's polyrhythmic and polyphonic qualities. Their sound, a mix of minimalism, jazz, prog rock, with folk and electric instruments, led by a banjoist, is sure to make listeners pause and reflect.
The CKDU News Collective had a chance to speak with Muskox composer Michael Smith on the phone about the band's sound, and the new found experience of taking their music on the road.
Don't miss Muskox, playing March 26th, at 1313 Hollis street.
