Improvised Explosive Devices

MONXCD001

Vanita & Joe Monk
Duets and small group manipulations
(earliest recordings)
December 2003 and January 2004

Improvised Explosive Devices #1-57 (collective personnel):

• Vanita Monk: voice, keyboard, electric guitar, bicycle wheel, drumsticks
• Joe Monk: clarinet, alto saxophone, keyboard, harmonica, crystal glass, plastic bottle, water, voice, sound processing
• Pierre Verbeek: cello, electric guitar, voice, snare drum, cymbal
• Miriam Siebenstädt: alto & baritone saxophone, cello, unplugged electric guitar, voice
• Henk van Schaik: tenor saxophone, voice
• Mariette Kleisen: soprano & tenor saxophone, clarinet, ashtrays, voice
• Ruslan Amarinsky: soprano saxophone, saxophone recorder, recorder, voice
• Mira Ursić: violin, keyboard, plastic bottle, voice
• Peter Sterk: cello, broken pianos, clarinet, chair, voice
• Victor Biao Snijtsheuvel: electric guitar

Improvised Explosive Devices #58-92:

• Joe Monk: clarinet, voice, sound processing
• Vanita Monk: voice

© 2004, 2010 Monastery Records. All rights reserved.

All pieces composed, decomposed and recomposed by Vanita & Joe Monk.

Recorded in December 2003 and January 2004 in Rotterdam at the Jazz Bunker (IED #01-47), the Poortgebouw (IED #48-57), and Vanita & Joe’s Home (IED #58-92).

Recorded by Joe Monk, Pierre Verbeek and Katja Vetter.
Produced by Vanita & Joe Monk.

Cover art by Vanita & Joe Monk.

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