Artist: Joyfultalk
Song: unknown*
Recorded at Yonge-Dundas Square (Intersection Festival – Day 3), September 3, 2022.
Returning after a couple pandemic hiatus years, the Intersection Festival made its way back to the concrete expanse of Yonge-Dundas Square, bringing abrasive and strange sounds to the wider public. Keeping to the main stage (except for Kristina Guison's circular sander art installation), this was a bit more of a stripped-down affair than years past, but the organizational caution meant things went off without a hitch. Even on a Labour Day weekend afternoon, downtown feels a little less hectic than it used to be, but it was nice to be outside and run into some familiar faces for the first time in so long.
My previous experiences with Jay Crocker's Joyfultalk involved two or three players sitting behind tables of electronics; when I heard rumors that this set would include appearances by Phil Melanson (drums), Josh Cole (double bass) and Karen Ng (alto sax), I suspected I would not be getting more of the same. And indeed Crocker (now playing guitar, albeit with a pedalboard of synthy and other expansionist sounds) seems to have made a lurch in the direction of Bitches Brew-styled jazzy exploration. A pleasing surprise, though it might not've been if I'd caught up with this year's Familiar Science, which openly confesses its inspiration from M-Base and harmelodic funk.
* Does anyone know the title to this one? Please leave a comment!
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