Rob Mazurek
Alternate Moon Cycles
(IA11 Edition)

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Rob Mazurek
Alternate Moon Cycles

Out March 28, 2025
Available on LP/Digital via our Bandcamp page

Rob Mazurek’s Alternate Moon Cycles was International Anthem's first release. The incredibly spare single-note-centered cornet, bass and organ chant was recorded to tape at pint-sized Chicago bar Curio as part of a performance series that predates any notion of our label’s existence. Documenting this performance – highly unique even within the depths of Mazurek’s vast catalog – stirred those notions, and soon talks began of releasing the recording on a fresh imprint.

Performed by Mazurek with Matthew Lux and Mikel Patrick Avery, the music unfolds glacially amongst the gentle creaks, clinks, whispers, and scuffles of the active room. It’s difficult to imagine a more honest rendering of the two sidelong pieces of organic minimal music, and nearly impossible to separate the sounds from their performance context.

Now this long-gone gem of supernatural frequency excavation is back in print, wrapped in our IARC 2025 obi strip, with a new 4-page insert booklet featuring additional session photos and fresh liner notes by Mikel Patrick Avery.

Notes

Rob Mazurek - cornet
Matt Lux - electric bass
Mikel Patrick Avery - organ

Recorded December 17th, 2012 at Curio, Chicago.

Produced by Scott McNiece
Recorded & Mixed by David Allen
Mastered by Shelly Steffens

Paintings by Rob Mazurek
Original Design by Craig Hansen
IA11 Design by Aaron Lowell Denton
Photos by Kari Skaflen
Original Liner Notes by Joe Darling
IA11 Liner Notes by Mikel Patrick Avery

Special Thanks to Brittany Mazurek, Dave Vettraino, Brendan Sodikoff, and the Gilt Bar family.

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About Rob Mazurek

Rob Mazurek is a multidisciplinary abstractivist with a focus on electro-acoustic composition, improvisation, performance, painting, sculpture, video, and installation. He spent much of his creative life in Chicago, and some years in Brazil. Currently he lives and works in Marfa, Texas.

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