“A Wrinkle In Time Sets Concentric Circles Reeling”

The first single from Rob Mazurek's upcoming, potentially career defining album, Dimensional Stardust, starts with a question: "Who Am I?" It comes via the distorted radio-style transmission of Exploding Star Orchestra vocalist Damon Locks (aka the leader of Chicago's Black Monument Ensemble) as the song drops in on a Morton Feldman-esque sci-fi soundscape. The sparse playing by guitarist Jeff Parker, vibraphonist Joel Ross, and flutist Nicole Mitchell sets the stage, just before then the full rhythm section bursts in on a hypnotic Tropicalian groove – befitting of the track title with its rotary undulations.