Marc Ducret - Palm Sweat (Screwgun/OOYH 001) OUT NOW

Release Day(!!): Marc Ducret - Palm Sweat: Marc Ducret Plays the Music of Tim Berne (Screwgun/OOYH 001) is out NOW!!! We've said in previous posts how much it means to us as a label to be doing this split with Screwgun Records, and that Marc and Tim are truly musical heroes of ours. We've been listening to them since the late 90s, and never dreamed of working on a project like this together. It is safe to say there would be no OOYH Records without the model of Screwgun before it. Also, this music is just incredible as expected...if you've ever loved a Tim Berne or Marc Ducret record, or anyone even in their circle, you have to hear this. We're serious!

It is out today March 10 on digital + CD + 2xLP. Vinyl is almost here, and will be shipping very soon (we mean that!) This was mastered by the David Torn, and all album art + design is by Steve Byram. Again, if you've ever checked out a record on Screwgun, you know who these guys are. We put another track to check out up on Bandcamp 'Shiteless 1,' and Bandcamp is the only place you can preview that one. So head over and give a listen, and maybe buy the album too. A lot of work went into making it happen, and it was a long time in the making. We're excited about it (if you can't tell). There's also a special merch item going up this afternoon, and we can guarantee they'll go fast.

Some great press quotes about Palm Sweat below. Enjoy!

“Berne has recently attracted some brilliant solo interpreters of his music, like pianists Matt Mitchell and guitarist Gregg Belisle-Chi. Palm Sweat represents something more like a radical reimagining, which speaks to the duration of the relationship he’s forged with Ducret.” —Nate Chinen, WRTI (full review)

“This tribute obviously took some time, as Mr. Ducret has reworked Mr. Berne’s music in a variety of unexpected ways. This is one of the best and most inventive guitar(s) records I’ve heard in recent memory. Guitar freaks and Tim Berne fans please take notice.” —Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery (full review)

"Palm Sweat is a carefully constructed and brilliantly mixed album." --Phil Freeman, The Wire

"Ducret, it seems to me, is in a position to understand Berne’s compositions in a way others might not. From Caos Totale (1990) to Snakeoil (yesterday), Ducret has been a powerful omnipresent friend, utterly individualistic in style. Palm Sweat is extraordinary." --Gary Chapin, Free Jazz Collective (full review)

“"We often hear about recordings ostensibly made without regard to rules, preconceptions and guidelines in pursuit of a mode of expression that’s pure and original. Marc Ducret’s Palm Sweat actually sounds exactly like it was made that way. That’s the Tim Berne Way." —S. Victor Aaron, Something Else! (full review)

“Essential for creative music aficionados, the new album of guitarist Marc Ducret playing compositions by Tim Berne is just supernaturally outstanding. Absolutely a stunner.” —Steve Smith, Night After Night

**** "...a multiverse of sound." --All About Jazz (full review)

“"[Ducret] takes Berne’s pieces to far-away realms – ranging from ferocious (“Curls”) to finespun (“Static”) his arrangements dodge the routine at every turn." --Lament For A Straight Line (full review)

**** “…somewhere between an inscrutable dream and a logical certainty.” —Filipe Freitas, JazzTrail (full review)