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Have, Know, Want

by Chase Elodia

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    releases May 10, 2024

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1.
Cartwheels on a Tightrope
2.
Have, Know, Want (featuring Vuyo Sotashe)
3.
Hold [Intro]
4.
Hold
5.
Empty
6.
Know, Wonder 05:32
Know, Wonder considers the ethics of CRISPR/designer babies. The song is inspired by a quote from the author Mary Ruefle, who states that, in contrast to contemporary cultural forces, she would rather “wonder than know.” The song is told from the perspective of two parents-to-be, who would rather “know than wonder,” as they pick out their ideal child from a list of thousands.
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Drift
8.
Tense

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Have, Know, Want is the sophomore release from Chase Elodia. A Brooklyn-based drummer, composer, and writer, his 2022 debut Portrait Imperfect was named one of the best albums of the year by Downbeat Magazine. Have, Know, Want features his ensemble, Perennials, exploring the psychosocial concept of "Ambiguous Loss" through a multilayered narrative throughout its eight tracks. Penned by social scientist Pauline Boss,"ambiguous loss" refers to that particular, ongoing mode of grief that emerges without a clear beginning or ending point. Far from easily passing through the traditional "five stages of grief," those gripped by ambiguous loss live their lives perpetually in the shadow of a grief that is both omnipresent and difficult to articulate and define, taking on a phantom-like quality. This idea materializes in songs such as "Tense," which explores the language and textuality of passing on; "Drift," written from the perspective of a 95-year-old with dementia, and his alternating moments of lucidity and disorientation; and "Hold," told from the viewpoint of a search engine, which considers what it means to deposit and archive a sense of self in digital space. The ephemerality of pleasure and the certainty of grief remain at the thematic center throughout the album, as Elodia considers what it means to strive and yearn in lives that seem to be constituted by dissatisfaction and decay.

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releases May 10, 2024

Cover Artwork: Justine Goode
Recorded at the Bunker Studio on November 18-20, 2022 by Aaron Nevezie
Mastered by Jack Broza

Chase Elodia – Drums, Compositions
Claire Dickson – Voice
Theo Walentiny – Piano & Keyboard
Tyrone Allen – Acoustic & Electric Bass
Vuyo Sotashe – Voice on Have, Know, Want
Rick Parker – Trombone on Know, Wonder

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Chase Elodia Brooklyn, New York

Chase Elodia is a composer and drummer based in Brooklyn, New York. His music takes cues from media theorists, singer- songwriters, jazz composers, and poets to ask questions about how we relate to both ourselves and one another in our increasingly digitized, secularized cultural moment. His new album, Portrait Imperfect, will be released on Biophilia Records in May 2022.

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