Rena Jones & Kilowatts Interview and Jeff Oster-Vin Downes-Tom Eaton Live on Echoes
Sunday Echoes listeners hear Rena Jones and KiloWatts talking about their new album Caesura. It’s a more complex take on electronica, combining synthesizers with Rena’s violin, viola and cello orchestrations.
Rena Jones is a polymath musician who has been a defining voice in ambient chamber music. KiloWatts has been around just as long releasing electronic psybient dreams. They’ve gotten together, remotely for a new release, Caesura that seems to capture our time.
Rena Jones: The name speaks for itself in a way, doesn’t it? It’s about the space in between the pause between two different forces, right? Or different aspects. And for me, what drew me to that name, was just that we’re, living in such a divided times, right? And I feel as polarity keeps happening in our world, it’s nice to remind people that you don’t have to be extreme one or the other. You can take the time to pause and have a moment to reflect and be in that space in between either or.
John Diliberto brings us Rena Jones and KiloWatts on Echoes from PRX.
Sunday listeners also hear Jeff Oster, Vin Downes and Tom Eaton playing live. Jeff Oster is the noted trumpeter who has released several solo CDs, many of the Echoes CD of the Month picks. He also plays in the trio, Brothers with Will Ackerman and Tom Eaton and he is the “O” in FLOW with Fiona Joy Hawkins, Lawrence Blatt and Will Ackerman. Vin Downes is a disciple of Will Ackerman and was his guitar tech for many years. Tom Eaton is a master producer and engineer for numerous recordings you’ve heard on the show as well as a prolific creator of ambient electronic landscapes and solo piano works. The trio released their debut album, Seven Conversations earlier this year, a deep recording of ambient improvisation. It was the Echoes CD of the Month in May. Every time they play, it’s a different journey. John Diliberto invites you on the trip when Oster, Downes and Eaton play live on Echoes from PRX.