The following is the information that
was released along with 'Trees' (whi 002) in 2000.
The group released a second album 'aplicate' in
2012. Since then, Simon Fell has passed and Rob
Dainton has retired from music, so there will be
no more.
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The pianoless sax/bass/drums trio is a
classic format, with a lineage stretching back to
ornette coleman and sonny rollins in the 50's. But
classics become classics for a reason: you can
pour yourself into them, and shape them to your
own ends, and the balance and space in this one
allows amere3 to create a music that is personal
and contemporary - each of the musicians involved
has travelled a long way to get here, and nothing
is ruled out. It's not a high energy thrash, but a
considered music of dynamic and emotional
contrasts, using free improvisation and a
background in composition to forge a new music of
shifting soundscapes and beautifully crafted
textural shifts. It's the sound of three
experienced players at the top of their game
working in tandem, listening like hawks and
responding intuitively. No egos, no grandstanding.
Tougher than leather and softer than silk.
Simon Fell is a bassist and
composer with an international reputation. He cut
his musical teeth as part of the early days of the
Termite Club in Leeds - he then went on to
national prominence with the trio Hession/Wilkinson/Fell.
He has had his compositions performed in several
countries, and has released his largest-scale
work, Compilation III on his own Bruce's Fingers
label, featuring numerous improvisers, a big band,
a chamber orchestra and a chorus. His current
groups include the Simon Fell quintet, VHF,
IST (the Improvising String Trio) and Arc.
Phil Hargreaves lives and works
in Liverpool. As part of the duo Bonehouse he
released a CD and galvanised the experimental
music scene there, helping start the Frakture
music space and its associated project the Frakture
Big Band, a 12-15 piece improvising
orchestra, which he runs and writes for. As well
as amere3 he currently works in duos with Rob
Dainton and sax player Caroline Kraabel,
and is also working on a large-scale collaboration
with jazz poet Dinesh Allirajah, under the Year of
the Artist scheme.
Rob Dainton, at 24, is the baby
of the group. Starting out in prog rock bands, he
quickly moved on to jazz and improvised music.
Having completed a degree in composition at
Bretton Hall, Wakefield, he also plays in duos
with Phil Hargreaves and Sheffield-based guitarist
John Jasnoch, with whom he co-organises a
music space in Sheffield.
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