Album Notes

BoorBaar would be a contemporary percussion ensemble if such a thing is possible. It was formed in 2005 by some, to borrow a phrase, "Jedi Rhythm Freaks", who are called Cory Beers, John Wash IV, and Mike Robbins.

BoorBaar was originally created as a piece of music, on a whim which was just that we felt at that moment like playing something funky in 19. So we did. The vehicle that carried BoorBaar the piece, which was us, wanted that entity to continue and build other psycho groove machines. So we did. So now there is BoorBaar the piece, and BoorBaar the group. Being from CalArts, we inevitably took a great deal from Indian music, not to mention West African music, Indonesian music and that of Steve Reich and stuff like it. We did also all take part in one time or another in the peculiar phenomenon known as the "drumline". Two of us did drum corps. That has been accessed to a great degree as well.

Our whim was driven by some need that we had for stuff that we thought music would be cooler if it had more of. Largely, we craved bigger piles of rhythm. We like it when music is set in two or more simultaneous time signatures. We like dire contrasts in speeds of things. We like things that spin, especially coupled with assymetricality and pointiness (punctuality?). We find that these and many other elements bring about abnormal form, which is something to be savored. Indulgent, this music is. We wanted these things, so we made them.