Exploding Star Orchestra
November 10th, 2007
Chicago, IL @ The Green Mill
Nevaton MCE400's (omnidirectional, DFC 15' back, 8' high, spaced 12" apart, 
mounted on pillar) > 15' Bumblebee Silver XLR Cables > Sound Devices 744t @ 
24/48 (dithered to 16/44.1 in Adobe Audition for this upload) Sandisk Ultra II 
8GB Compactflash Card >Sandisk Card Reader > Adobe Audition > CDWav > flac > CDR

Disc One / Set one
01. Band Introduction
02. Horseshoe
03. Flamingos Dancing On Luminescent Moonbeams
04. Band Outro

Disc Two / Set Two
01. Band Introduction
02. D Minor Drone
03. 668
04. Band Outro

Disc Three / Set Three
01. Band Introduction
02. Cosmic Tomes for Sleep Walking Lovers (Part I)
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06. Band Outro

Rob Mazurek on cornet, computer 
Nicole Mitchell on flutes 
Matt Bauder on reeds 
Jeb Bishop on trombone 
Jason Adaseiwicz on vibes 
Jim Baker on piano 
Josh Abrams on bass (not Matt Lux)
Frank Rosaly on drums


Taken from thrilljockey.com:

In 2005, cornetist Rob Mazurek was approached by The Chicago Cultural Center and the Jazz Institute to put together a group that would represent the more contemporary / avant-garde side of sound in Chicago for a concert in Millennium Park’s Frank Gehry-designed concert hall. The music was conceptualized/composed in Manaus Brazil, Fontevraud, France and Chicago, and developed over more than a dozen performances of the Orchestra before it was recorded by John McEntire at his Soma Studio in Chicago. 

We Are All From Somewhere Else is comprised of 3 distinct sections, and corresponds to a story involving an exploding star, cosmic transformation, a sting ray, the travels of the sting ray, intelligent conversations with electric eels, the destructive power of humans, the death and ascension of sting ray, the transformation of sting ray ghost to flying bird, and the transformation of bird to phoenix to rocket to flying burning matter to a new-born star.