Prison Analogies, by Paul May + James O'Sullivan

Prison Analogies

by Paul May + James O'Sullivan

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Paul May and James O’Sullivan have a 10-year musical association, originating in the improvised songscapes of Laura Hyland’s Clang Sayne and taking more permanent root as two-thirds of the free-improvising group Found Drowned, formed in with Pete Marsh in 2010. This permutation yielded numerous live performances and two albums, the eponymously titled Found Drowned (2012), and Clownslave (2020).

May/O’Sullivan as a duo brings a purposeful exploration of the intricacies of their deep musical connection, integrating a joyful interplay of sonic extremes with nuanced treatment of their materials. They are reaching for
sensitive, provocative sounds that provoke evolving responses in body and mind.

Prison Analogies is the debut album from May/O’Sullivan as a duo, and was recorded in three different locations (and sometimes two simultaneous locations at two different times) over 2021 and 2022. It presents a musical
interplay that is timbrally adept, texturally rich, rhythmically fluid and surprisingly poetic.

Paul May is one of the most respected drummers on the improvising circuit. His extensive CV includes work with the likes of Alexander Hawkins, Petra Jean Phillipson, Tim Hodgkinson, Klaus Filip, Alexey Kruglov and Oleg Udinov as well as electro-acoustic improvisers Sonnamble, the improv trio Elvers (with trumpeter Ian R Watson) and Found Drowned (with guitarist James O’Sullivan). He was also responsible for co-founding the critically acclaimed spiritual jazz collective Woven Entity alongside Lascelle Gordon and Patrick Dawes. His longstanding musical partnership with pianist Carolyn Hume has yielded 5 albums on the legendary LEO records.
James O’Sullivan is a London- based experimental guitar player and improvisor who employs a playful but meticulous approach to the instrument. He brings together physicality, resonance, detail and dynamics, seeking to co-create a rich, layered and engaging music that embraces the excitement of the moment but seeks to shape an enduring document of the guitar’s potential. He has performed and recorded across the UK and internationally, both solo and with numerous improvised music groups, and he has had a fifteen-year engagement with Eddie Prevost’s London improvisation workshop. More longstanding arrangements include Muster, with Dan Powell (electronics), Found Drowned, with Paul May, an electric guitar collaboration with improvisor- guitarist Nathan Moore and his
playing on numerous releases on the Aural Terrains imprint. His debut solo album, feed back couple, was released in 2011; his second solo album, IL Y A, in 2017.

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released October 16, 2022

Paul May: percussion
James O’Sullivan: electric guitar

1, 3 & 8 recorded by Jon Clayton at OneCat studio
2, 6 & 7 recorded by May/ O’Sullivan in London/ Bournemouth
4 & 5 recorded by May/O’Sullivan at Crystal Moth

Mastering by Mark Beazley
Cover Art by sito_press

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