Recording: Double Teams

Artist: Double Teams

Song: [set 2 excerpt]

Recorded at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), November 23, 2023.

Double Teams - [set 2 excerpt]

Rather than working bands, the recurring associations that Karen Ng presents are slightly more nebulous concepts, usually based around core personnel and musical ideas. Double Teams, for example, sees Ng wiggling and giggling on analog synth alongside Ryan Driver, and generally flanked by a pair of (mostly quiet) percussionists — here Phil Melanson and Aidan McConnell. In this stretch, the synth noodles were complemented by double flute doodles, alongside recorder whispers from the percussionists.

[Many People, another one of those concepts-but-not-quite-bands, will be playing at The Tranzac on Friday (December 15th) with Ng joined by Marilyn Yogarajah, Jaz Tsui, Kieran Miraj, Adrian Russouw, fuZzy, Liz Lima, Nic Dourado, and Nirvana Sagar.]

Recording: Double Double Teams

Artist: Double Double Teams

Song: [end of 1st piece]

Recorded at The Tranzac's Southern Cross Lounge (Karen Ng presents), August 25, 2022.

Double Double Teams - [end of 1st piece]

A busy night in Karen Ng's monthly Tranzac timeslot saw three sets, leading with this double-duo that saw percussionists Phil Melanson and Blake Howard backing Ryan Driver and Karen Ng on MG1 analog synthesizers. Plenty of clatter'n'whirr ensued.