Drummers on Drumming Big Fat Five: Chris Icasiano's (Fleet Foxes, Bad Luck, Pure Bathing Culture) Top 5 Influential Records
This week’s guest is Chris Icasiano - Chris is a Filipino-American percussionist and composer from Redmond, WA. His specialization in free-improvisation and experimental music combined with his vast experience with pop and rock have made him a highly sought after collaborator in all genres of music. His debut solo work Provinces explores the complexity of cultural identity and community as a second generation immigrant in Seattle.
You can find Chris on the road with Fleet Foxes and Pure Bathing Culture or at home in Seattle playing weirdo experimental shows as a soloist or with longtime drum and sax duo Bad Luck. I hope you enjoy the 5 records that helped shape Chris Icasiano into the drummer he is today. Cheers!
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Drummers on Drumming (the book) takes you inside the stories, records, and moments that shaped some of the world’s greatest drummers. Built on the Big Fat Five format of digging into top influences, it’s packed with candid interviews and personal insights. Whether you’re just starting out or have been playing for years, this book is here to inspire you to sharpen your skills and find your own voice behind the kit.
CHRIS' BIG FAT FIVE 👇🏻
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Album - Koln Concert
Artist - Keith Jarrett
Release Year - 1975
Key Track(s) - Part I
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Album - Perceptual
Artist - Brian Blade Fellowship
Release Year - 2000
Key Track(s) - Reconciliation
Drummer - Brian Blade
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Album - The Trials of Van Occupanther
Artist - Midlake
Release Year - 2006
Key Track(s) - Roscoe; Van Occupanther
Drummer - McKenzie Smith
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Album - Catch Thirty-Three
Artist - Meshuggah
Release Year - 2005
Key Track(s) - In Death - Is Death; Autonomy Lost; The Paradoxical Spiral
Drummer - Tomas Haake
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Album - Time (the revelator)
Artist - Gillian Welch
Release Year - 2001
Key Track(s) - I Dream a Highway; Dear Someone; Revelator
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