Your Miniature Motion

DIM LIGHTING

In the midst of the bone-crushing Chicago winter of 2013, guitarist Andrew Trim and drummer Devin Drobka performed for the very first time as Dim Lighting. Working as the opening act on a bill with several jazz groups, the pair played a set of spontaneous compositions based entirely on song titles that were chosen by the small but attentive audience that had braved the weather and huddled up at a Logan Square dive bar. By mashing together a variety of musical approaches that night, a vision of a small ensemble was born - one that fed on the energy of group interplay and an open-minded approach to improvisation within a broad sonic universe. Almost four years later, the group has reached a new cohesion. Bassist Kurt Schweitz joined the group after the first performance and they began working regularly in 2013, releasing a well-received self-produced live album in 2014. Trim and Drobka compose melody driven music that they have been mining from a wide range of inspirations - Ornette Coleman, Robert Wyatt, Sonny Sharrock & Jim Jarmusch to name a few. Your Miniature Motion, the group's first studio album, showcases their most developed work to date. Slowly churning rock rhythms are balanced on the edge of a cliff, whispers of erie melody are brushed on a canvas of night, and dark waves of distortion slowly effervesce towards light. Pushing the boundaries even further now, the trio effortlessly moves in and out of time, posing unanswerable questions or seeking their own haven of clarity in the sound they generate around themselves.

Price: $27.98