Ches Smith
Laugh Ash
(2024)

credits

Shara Lunon - voice and vocal processing
Anna Webber - flute
Oscar Noriega - clarinets
James Brandon Lewis - tenor saxophone
Nate Wooley - trumpet
Jennifer Choi - violin
Kyle Armbrust - viola
Michael Nicolas - cello
Shahzad Ismaily - bass and keyboards
Ches Smith - electronics, programming, vibes, drums, tubular bells, glockenspiel, timpani, tam tam, metal percussion

Music composed and arranged by Ches Smith

All lyrics, and vocal melodies on “Minimalism” and “Unyielding Daydream Welding” by Shara Lunon

Produced by David Breskin

Recorded and mixed by Randall Dunn
Tracked in April 2023 at The Bunker Studio, Brooklyn NY. Assistant Engineer Todd Carder
Mixed in June 2023 at Circular Ruin, Brooklyn NY
Mastered by Scott Hull at Masterdisk, Peekskill NY

Album photography © 2023 by Billie Miro Breskin

Design and layout by Spottswood Erving and July Creek for Janky Defense

Thanks to Shara, Anna, Nate, Oscar, JBL, Jennifer, Kyle, Michael and Shahzad for their unwavering dedication, emphatic encouragement and staunch support. Thanks to Miya and Zane Osaki, David Breskin, Randall Dunn, Todd Carder, Isabel Breskin, Kris Davis, Chelsea Hadley, Mary Halvorson, Frank Heath, Swoopo, Kool Keith, Motion Man, and E-40.

This album would not have been possible without generous support from The Shifting Foundation.

Ches Smith (Preposterous Bee Music, BMI) and Shara Lunon (BMI)

Pyroclastic has purchased carbon offsets to neutralize the carbon emissions associated with the production and distribution of this album.

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