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We hope to see you out at a show soon!

 

Thanks for the memories

Thanks to all who came out the the Scoobie Tracks release last night. Awesome to catch up with so many old friends. Don’t forget, for the next week you can download our Continua concert recording for half off by using the code “ContinuaHalfOff” on the Scoobie Tracks site.

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Don’t be stupid!

Fundamental Forces is so excited about this show tomorrow night! SUBSTATION 8 p.m., doors open at 7. You get 3 bands – Diminished Men, Moraine and FF for $6. We’ll even throw in some psychedelic video art by Lasers Barnebey and download cards good for 50% off our concert recording. C’mon, you’d rather be talking about it than hearing about it, right?

Here’s a link to the Facebook event.

Scoobie Tracks celebration featuring
Rik Wright’s Fundamental Forces, Moraine and Diminished Men
Wed. 09-21-16, 8 p.m., $6 at the door
Substation, 645 NW 45th St., Seattle, WA 98107
(206) 397-4053

Thank you!

We had a full and appreciative house last night at Egan’s Ballard Jam House. Wonderful to see many faces that I haven’t and a long time, and to greet so many new faces as well. Thank you all so much for sharing the evening with us. It was wonderful to spend the evening with such a joyous gathering of people.

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Next up is the Release show for the “Continua” live concert recording at SUBSTATION on Wednesday night (Sept. 21). We’re playing with 2 amazing bands- Diminished Men and Moraine. This is not a show to be missed!

Sweet, pretty, saucy and raunchy

I have to admit, I’m not particularly good at taking the time to write to you and let you know about all the things we have going on in the Fundamental Forces camp. Here is ample evidence of that… that I have so much to talk about in this update. The title is “Sweet, pretty, saucy and raunchy” because, well…

For the SWEET, we’ll be having a pre-release party for Fundamental Forces’ next CD on September 17^th at Egan’s in Ballard. It’s been a few years since we played Egan’s, and many of you have asked when we’ll be there again – so the answer is next Saturday. If you haven’t been to Egan’s before, it is a wonderfully intimate club with seating for only about 40 people. We have sold the room out several times in the past. So if you’re interested, I highly recommend you call or email the club to make a reservation.

Fundamental Forces pre-release party for “Subtle Energy”
Egan’s Ballard Jam House
Sat. 09-17-16, 7 p.m., $10 cover charge includes a copy of new CD
1707 NW Market St, Seattle WA 98107
For reservations call (206) 789-1621 or email reservations@ballardjamhouse.com

Next up, for the PRETTY, on September 19^th we will be officially releasing “Subtle Energy”, a collection of tracks we recorded back in January, when we went into the Jack Straw Cultural Center studios to perform on the Sonarchy Radio program. I have an affinity for how the clarinet and electric guitar sound in unison, and so Jim and I decided to transpose and rearrange many of our tunes from alto and baritone saxophone to clarinet and bass clarinet. We had so much fun playing these darker, quieter versions for the Sonarchy show that we went back into the studio the next day and recorded the material straight through a second time. That session became this new CD “Subtle Energy”.

“Subtle Energy” should be available via iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby, Spotify, Google Play, etc. on September 19^th. However, you can get an early release copy for free by coming to the Egan’s show on the 17^th. Or, you can actually grab a pre-release download off of our BandCamp site.

Speaking of downloads, for the SAUCY we have another release coming this month as well. In the spring of this year, Fundamental Forces was approached to do a spring residency at Substation, a new venue in Seattle. The band was given free rein to present whatever music we wanted to perform, with no stylistic expectations or restrictions. We took the opportunity to step outside of our typical boundaries and give a freer, heavier, more psychedelic performance.

We do this occasionally when we are able, we use lots of effects on the reeds and perform more rock-oriented versions of our heavier tunes. This time around, Steve Kennedy-Williams was at all three shows to record the proceedings. He’s now released the best tracks from those shows as “Continua”, available exclusively as a digital download from his Scoobie Tracks web site. You can hear and purchase them here. In fact, just because you took time to read this, you can get 30% off of the price of the album by entering the code “SeptemberCart30%Off” when you check out.

Next, for the RAUNCHY, on September 21^st we’re celebrating the release of the “Continua” concert recording with an all-out party at Substation, where we originally recorded it. Joining Fundamental Forces will be the mighty Moraine and the wonderful Diminished Men. There will also be some psychedelic video art, and we’ll be shooting video of the whole thing to post at a later time.

Scoobie Tracks celebration featuring
Rik Wright’s Fundamental Forces, Moraine and Diminished Men
Wed. 09-21-16, 8 p.m., $6 at the door
Substation, 645 NW 45th St., Seattle, WA 98107
(206) 397-4053

Finally, I have to say that after all this, I’m looking forward to a mellow winter. I’ll be hopefully slowing things down a bit and we’re likely to be performing less outside of our “house band” gigs at Vito’s and Capitol Cider, where you a get a bit of a “watered down” Fundamental Forces mixed with odd standards. So if you’d like to catch us in a full blown concert setting, I highly recommend you attend one of these shows. I don’t know the next time we’ll do a showcase set like these. It’s not likely to be soon.

It will be lovely to see you this month.