Sued Nandayapa Bergmann Saunders - Mad Dream (2024) [Hi-Res]

Mad Dream, the fourth Sued Nandayapa Bergmann Saunders album on Ropeadope Sur, is unmistakably a counterweight to their pandemic-era third album While it Lasts, an album that was somehow completely crafted through distance recording and email threads. Convening in person for the first time in three years, the band could once again play concerts and record music together. The improvisation-focused group dynamic, having recently been carefully simulated (albeit with fascinating results) through audio production massage tactics, returned—via this reengagement with proximity and simultaneity—to being a regular old group dynamic. Enjoying each other’s musical company—again making sounds together in comfortable spaces—the members of the ensemble resumed their natural scope of activity: trying things and experiencing (in real time) the consequences of their shared artistic impulses.

Sometimes the jams land. A string of concerts across Texas in November of 2022 were recorded. Most of the songs—each intended, primarily, as a vessel for conversation and exploration—were recorded several times. This album captures the favorite takes from this period—a collection of one-time events and morphologies.

Natalio Sued—Tenor Saxophone
Gustavo Nandayapa—Drums
Andrew Bergmann—Acoustic Bass
Bruce Saunders—Electric Guitar

Tracklist:
1.01 - Sued Nandayapa Bergmann Saunders - El Asalto (7:15)
1.02 - Sued Nandayapa Bergmann Saunders - Mad Dream (7:14)
1.03 - Sued Nandayapa Bergmann Saunders - Dorme Bebé (5:58)
1.04 - Sued Nandayapa Bergmann Saunders - Green Glass (7:51)
1.05 - Sued Nandayapa Bergmann Saunders - Dottore (4:15)