As Above by Club d'Elf
(2000) The debut album recorded live during 6 shows in 1999/2000 at the band’s home base of The Lizard Lounge. Old-school D’Elf… The perfect place to start, “…everything from John Zorn to Chemical Brothers to bebop to John Cage to King Sunny Ade sonically exists on As Above, which blasphemously makes Club d’Elf a modern day William Blake.” – Jambands.com
Tracklist
| 1. | 1-01 Now I Understand | 10:39 |
| 2. | 1-02 Shadow's Shift | 7:04 |
| 3. | 1-03 Actual Smiles | 7:46 |
| 4. | 1-04 Left Hand Of Clyde (Parts 1, 2 & 3) | 12:44 |
| 5. | 1-05 Meet The Monster Tonight | 10:15 |
| 6. | 1-06 Claude Raines Revisited | 1:53 |
| 7. | 1-07 Last Business (Dub) | 6:14 |
| 8. | 1-08 D'empty Dance | 6:29 |
| 9. | 1-09 So Below | 10:25 |
| 10. | 2-01 Get A Little Turning | 11:53 |
| 11. | 2-02 Intro _ Bass Beatbox | 7:49 |
| 12. | 2-03 In A Perfect World | 3:21 |
| 13. | 2-04 Route Of The Root | 7:10 |
| 14. | 2-05 As Above | 8:09 |
| 15. | 2-06 Beneath The Underground | 6:51 |
| 16. | 2-07 Buzz | 3:03 |
| 17. | 2-08 Taurobolium | 5:34 |
| 18. | 2-09 Trance Meeting | 9:04 |
| 19. | 2-10 Last Business | 8:06 |
| 20. | 2-11 Divine Invasion | 2:27 |
Credits
Mike Rivard (electric and acoustic basses), Erik Kerr (drums), Jere Faison (sampler and dagomba drumming), Jerry Leake (tablas & percussion, dagomba drumming), Tom Hall (tenor sax), Brahim Fribgane (oud, doumbek and qaraqab), Kenwood Dennard (drums), Reeves Gabrels (guitar), Duke Levine (guitar), Ian Kennedy (guitar), Alain Mallet (keyboards), DJ Logic (turntables), Mat Maneri (electric violin), Joe Maneri (tenor sax, clarinet), DJ C (turntables), Eric Hipp (tenor sax), Tom Halter (trumpet), Dr. Didg (didgeridoo), Roberto Cassan (accordion), Curtis Hasselbring (trombone)
License
All rights reserved.
Club d’Elf is an ever-shifting collective of musicians fiercely dedicated to “the groove”, revolving around the foundation of bassist/leader
Mike Rivard. The music draws from a startlingly wide spectrum of styles, including jazz, hip hop, Moroccan gnawa, electronica, avant garde, prog-rock and dub, with special guests including John Medeski, Billy Martin, Skerik, Ryan Montbleau & Marco Benevento.