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  • The Other Shore

    CG106

    Artist: Alex Cline, Jeff Gauthier, G.E. Stinson

    Label: Cryptogramophone

    Alex Cline (percussion), Jeff Gauthier (violin) & G.E. Stinson (guitar). Recorded August 23, 1999, at Stagg Street Studios, Van nuys, CA.

    "The Other Shore" by drummer/percussionist Alex Cline, violinist Jeff Gauthier and electric guitarist G.E. Stinson is a reference to the Diamond Sutra, the ancient Chinese Buddhist text pictured on the cover of the CD. The album title and many of the song titles come directly from the Diamond Sutra including Gigantic Human Frame and Thus Have I Heard. Moreover, the selfless nature of this group's improvisation, where individual expression takes a back seat to the expression of the whole, is evocative of the message of the Sutras.