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Paraffin Section
12+ albums
free improvisationimprovised musicStrange and Obscure Boston BandsFree Form Music
about
Paraffin Section has been making music together since August 2001. The band is currently on hiatus as of January 2009. Band members include Ethan Costello on guitar, Jon Glancy (formerly of Roadkill Puppetteers and Trance Cult Riot) on drums and vocals and Abram Taber on bass and vocals. Depending on the performance or recording various members also played electric cello, analog synthesizer, singing bell, additional guitar, sampler and other strange noisemakers. Paraffin Section recorded a self-titled 5 song EP with their trusted friend Rick behind the console in 2002. The album featured four tracks from the sessions and a live version of Into the Sun recorded at their first show. An outtake from the sessions called Reminds of Memories and Feelings found its way onto the So Lo-fi, It's No-fi Records Polar Coordination comp. The band often improvised at practice in an effort to come up with new material. These improvisations were usually recorded and the best were compiled into an unofficial collection appropriately titled Improvisations. The band also recorded several demos of newer material (several taken from performance on WUML's Live from the Fallout Shelter) but fully realized versions do not exist. After going on hiatus in 2005, Paraffin Section reunited in October 2007. At this time the band made the decision to only perform improvised music influenced by the "instant compositions" of Can and Damo Suzuki. This music can be completely free or contain a variety o
