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To Strip - Sean Noonan 11:060:00/11:06
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New Ways - Sean Noonan 12:150:00/12:15
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0:00/4:11
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bout 4 - Sean Noonan 1:570:00/1:57
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bout 6 - Sean Noonan 2:250:00/2:25
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0:00/1:37
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bout 7 - Sean Noonan 1:070:00/1:07
Bruised by Noon Vinyl CD Album Book
"Independence might be the ruling concept of this drummer/leader’s career. It defines a common relationship not only among his hands, feet, and voice, but between his art and almost everything else in drumland". Modern Drummer Magazine
Bruised by Noon merges the voice with the drum kit, providing a 'fifth limb' to the four-limbed practice that exists today. It steals and stretches the responsibilities of both the drummer and narrator, merging them into one. Rhythm and tempo drive the narrative, and the narrative shapes the musical form.
As high concept as it may be in theory, Bruised by Noon is still a solo drum work, albeit one by an artist who consistently strives to expand the boundaries of Noonan’s wide-spectrum music, which combines the eloquence of an Irish bard, the narrative rhythms of Samuel Beckett, and the raw physicality of a street-smart boxer.
Drummer and composer Sean Noonan has long preferred the term Rhythmic Storyteller to describe his audacious, genre-defiant artistry. As a modern-day sonic griot he combines the most ancient of traditions with forward-seeking experimentation; as a kind of post-modern wandering minstrel he gathers irreverent folk tales and offbeat inspirations from various cultures and translates them through his own singular worldview.
