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Colocation by Jon Irabagon

From the album

Album Title: Server Farm
Irrabagast
Released: 2025

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About the Album

The groundbreaking saxophonist/composer Jon Ibragon has released one of his most thoughtful and impactful projects to date: “Server Farm,” an examination of the promises and perils of artificial intelligence. The first of the album’s five extended tracks, the mesmerizing “Colocation,” is named after one of the data centers that drives today’s technology. It opens with the sound of the traditional Filipino gong known as the kulintang. The instrument is played by Levy Lorenzo, who shares Filipino roots with Ibragon. The extended cast of creative musicians continues the piece by improvising around the eight pitches made by the kulintang.

Tracks

Colocation; Routers; Singularities; Graceful Exit; Spy.

Personnel

Jon Irabagon

saxophone

Mazz Swift

violin

Peter Evans

trumpet

Miles Okazaki

guitar

Wendy Eisenberg

guitar

Matt Mitchell

piano

Michael Formanek

bass, acoustic

Chris Lightcap

bass

Dan Weiss

drums

Levy Lorenzo

drums

Additional Personnel

Jon Irabagon: sopranino saxophone, effects; Mazz Swift: vocals (5); Peter Evans: flugelhorn; Matt Mitchell: Fender Rhodes, Prophet-6; Levy Lorenzo: kulintang, laptop, electronics, vibraphone.

Reviews

Server Farm by Vincenzo Roggero
Server Farm by John Sharpe
Server Farm by Dan McClenaghan
Server Farm by Mike Jurkovic

Date featured

May 6, 2025

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