With
Kyle Bruckmann (Oboe), Jason Stein (bass clarinet), Anton Hatwich (acoustic bass), Tim Daisy (drums), and Jen Clare
Paulson (violin).
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“Cracked
Refraction ties its complex knots with infectious vigor and a predilection for playfulness. Wrack’s melodies are
slithering and serpentine, and the music is built of smaller segments assembled in what can seem a slapdash manner, with all
sorts of jutting ends and unexpected collisions. What Bruckmann’s done, though, is intentional, placing his players
on different planes, with straight lines failing to meet, runs of notes ricocheting at impossible angles, and expected avenues
folding in upon themselves. . . Unlike some ostentatiously adventurous jazz, Cracked Refraction rarely gets so wound
up in itself that the listener feels like a third (or in this case, sixth) wheel. There is feeling here, and it’s music
made by humans for humans, in which a high degree of difficulty brings rewards not just to those doing the playing, but the
audience at home following Wrack along their tangled paths.” - Adam Strohm (Dusted) -
