~ PROVINCES ~

Filipinx-American percussionist and composer Christopher Icasiano presents his debut solo work Provinces, two suites that explore the complexity of cultural identity and community as a second generation immigrant in Seattle. Composed predominantly on the drum set, Provinces’ virtuosic rhythmic patterns evoke melodies over long cyclical phrases, while a lush color palette provided by keyboards and percussion fill out the soundscape. Added field recordings taken from Icasiano's first ancestral trip to the Philippines are blended in, transporting the listener to a world that is foreign yet familiar. Christopher’s lifelong study of jazz, his love of 90’s R&B and folk music, and his 12-year collaboration in the experimental drum and saxophone duo Bad Luck, make Provinces a unique intersection of the avant-garde and the mainstream — always compelling, always challenging.

 Music composed by Christopher Icasiano (BMI)

Christopher Icasiano - drums, percussion, Capiz shells, synths, keyboards

Recorded & Mixed by Trevor Spencer 
at Way Out, Woodinville, WA 
on Nov 28 - Dec 1, 2018
Mastered by Ed Brooks at Resonant Mastering
Cover Photograph by Christopher icasiano
Portrait by Haley Freedlund
Cover Design by Andrew J.S. & Studio Debut

Origin Records
Origin 82796