{"title":"Jaimie Branch","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"jaimie-branch-fly-or-die-fly-or-die-fly-or-die-world-war","title":"jaimie branch - Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war))","description":"\u003cp\u003eI\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003en July of 2022, just one month before jaimie branch’s death sent shockwaves around the world, the trumpet player and composer was in Chicago at International Anthem studios putting finishing touches on an album. It was a suite of music she had composed and then recorded with her flagship ensemble, Fly or Die, over the course of a residency at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha, Nebraska. In her wake, the album was near complete, with only mixing tweaks, final titles, and artwork to be fully realized. In the months following, her family (led by sister Kate Branch), her band (Jason Ajemian, Lester St. Louis, and Chad Taylor), and her collaborators at IARC banded together to gather memories, texts, emails, photographs, artwork and fragments belonging to jaimie to light the path forward. The goal was always to do what jaimie would have done. Packaged in stunning artwork by John Herndon, Damon Locks, and branch herself, Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) is jaimie’s final album with her Fly or Die quartet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the album's liner notes, written by jaimie's Fly or Die bandmates:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“jaimie never had small ideas. She always thought big. The minute you told her she couldn’t do something, or that something\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewould be too difficult to accomplish, the more determined and focused she became. And this album is big. Far bigger and more demanding — for us, and for you — than any other Fly or Die record. For this, jaimie wanted to play with longer forms, more modulations, more noise, more singing, and as always, grooves and melodies. She was a dynamic melodicist. jaimie wanted this album to be lush, grand and full of life, just as she was. Every time we take a listen, we feel the deep imprint of her all over the music, and we see all of us making it together.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003ca\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"credits-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003eReleased August 25, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003ejaimie branch – trumpet, voice, keyboard, percussion, happy apple\u003cbr\u003eLester St. Louis – cello, voice, flute, marimba, keyboard\u003cbr\u003eJason Ajemian – double bass, electric bass, voice, marimba\u003cbr\u003eChad Taylor – drums, mbira, timpani, bells, marimba\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-with special guests-\u003cbr\u003eNick Broste - trombone (on track 5 \u0026amp; 6)\u003cbr\u003eRob Frye - flute (track 5), bass clarinet (track 5, 6 \u0026amp; 7)\u003cbr\u003eAkenya Seymour - voice (track 5)\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Villarreal - conga and percussion (track 2, 5, 6 \u0026amp; 7)\u003cbr\u003eKuma Dog - voice (track 5)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll compositions by jaimie branch; except \"and kuma walks” composed by jaimie branch, Lester St. Louis, Jason Ajemian \u0026amp; Chad Taylor; and “the mountain” composed by Curt Kirkwood (originally performed by The Meat Puppets as “Comin’ Down”).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha, NE, April 25-29, 2022. Edits, overdubs and mixing at International Anthem Studios in Chicago, IL, July 18-23, 2022. Additional mixing at International Anthem Studios, August \u0026amp; December 2022.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded by: Dave Vettraino\u003cbr\u003eEdited by: jaimie branch \u0026amp; Dave Vettraino\u003cbr\u003eMixed by: Dave Vettraino \u0026amp; David Allen\u003cbr\u003eMastered by: David Allen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCover Art by: jaimie branch \u0026amp; John Herndon\u003cbr\u003eCover Design by: Damon Locks\u003cbr\u003ePhotography by: Ben Semisch; courtesy of Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts\u003cbr\u003eLiner Notes by: Jason Ajemian, Lester St. Louis, and Chad Taylor; edited by Kate Branch.\u003cbr\u003eLayout \u0026amp; Insert Design by: Craig Hansen\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"license-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"license\" class=\"info license\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"cc-icons commercial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eall rights reserved\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"International Anthem","offers":[{"title":"Limousine Black Vinyl LP","offer_id":53918544527701,"sku":"IARC0066LP","price":22.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD - Compact Disc","offer_id":53918544757077,"sku":"IARC0066CD","price":12.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1049\/0419\/6437\/files\/a0938416696_10.jpg?v=1779801252"},{"product_id":"jaimie-branch-fly-or-die-ii-bird-dogs-of-paradise-ia11-edition","title":"Jaimie Branch - FLY or DIE II: bird dogs of paradise (IA11 Edition)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003ejaimie branch’s FLY or DIE II: bird dogs of paradise, originally released in the fall of 2019, was hugely anticipated in its time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoughly a year before its release, and following the success of her debut Fly or Die album, branch whisked her incredible quartet across Europe for a string of performances. Across that November 2018 tour, the group stretched a songbook in-process to its limit, improvising en modo deconstructivo, tugging at the music’s edges and relentlessly morphing the sound of a four-fold liberation machine that included branch (trumpet), Chad Taylor (drums), Jason Ajemian (bass), and newcomer Lester St. Louis (cello), who had recently replaced Tomeka Reid.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMost of bird dogs of paradise was recorded in studio at Total Refreshment Centre over three days, and live at Café OTO over two nights that same week – at the tail end of the tour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe album itself captures a very significant moment in the arc of branch's band. St. Louis’s presence had provided a fresh injection of virtuosic curiosity, and the interplay between him and Ajemian rejiggered the crew’s string-driven multi-rhythmic plonk swing while also refreshing their alternately aggressive and melodious heavy-bite bowing with an expanded pocket. It was a highly fertile\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efoundation for branch to experiment and explore, reach for the nether regions of her instrument, and continue to focus and refine her flagship ensemble into a wholly original sound.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ebird dogs of paradise also introduced the wider world to branch’s singing voice. “prayer for amerikkka pt. 1 \u0026amp; 2” - written and first performed by branch in Paris on the night of the 2018 US midterm elections - has since become a rallying cry for those who share her sense of justice in a world controlled by those who are seemingly unconcerned with it. And on “love song\" (for assholes and clowns), branch shows us her cards with a wink and a smile. “So much beauty lies in the abstract of instrumental music,” branch says in the album’s original liner notes, “but being this ain’t a particularly beautiful time, I’ve chosen a more literal path. The voice is good for that.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe IA11 Edition of FLY or DIE II: bird dogs of paradise comes on classic black 140-gram vinyl LP (pressed at Pallas in Germany, with lacquers cut by Daniel K at SST) inside a heavyweight reverse-board jacket, with a 16-page 11x11\" insert booklet featuring previously-unpublished photos, two sets of new liner notes – the first by jaimie’s mom, Soledad “Sally” Branch, as told to Kate Branch, and the second by Fly or Die bassist Jason Ajemian – plus IARC 2025 obi strip and printed poly-lined printed inner-sleeve.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003ca\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"credits-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003ereleased November 20, 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ejaimie branch – trumpet, voice, synthesizer, percussion, bells, sneaker squeaks\u003cbr\u003eLester St. Louis – cello, percussion\u003cbr\u003eJason Ajemian – double bass, percussion\u003cbr\u003eChad Taylor – drums, xylophone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewith special guests:\u003cbr\u003eBen LaMar Gay – voice (on track 2)\u003cbr\u003eMarvin Tate – voice (on track 2)\u003cbr\u003eMatt Schneider – 12-string guitar (on track 2)\u003cbr\u003eDan Bitney – percussion, synthesizer (on track 8)\u003cbr\u003eScott McNiece – egg (on track 8)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll compositions by jaimie branch, except “birds of paradise,” “whales,” and “bird dogs of paradise” composed by jaimie branch, Lester St. Louis, Jason Ajemian \u0026amp; Chad Taylor; and “lesterlude” composed by Lester St. Louis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded mostly at Total Refreshment Centre (tracks 2–7 \u0026amp; 9) and Café OTO (tracks 1 \u0026amp; 8) in Dalston, London UK, November 20th–25th, 2018.\u003cbr\u003eEdits \u0026amp; overdubs at Dave’s house in Pilsen, Chicago, December 2018.\u003cbr\u003eFinal dubs \u0026amp; mixing at Decade Studios in Old Town, Chicago, January 2019.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMastered at Chicago Mastering Service in Garfield Park, Chicago, March 2019.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded by Dave Vettraino \u0026amp; David Allen\u003cbr\u003eRecording Assisted by James Dunn \u0026amp; Kristian “Capitol K” Robinson\u003cbr\u003eEdited by jaimie branch \u0026amp; Dave Vettraino\u003cbr\u003eMixed by David Allen \u0026amp; Dave Vettraino\u003cbr\u003eMastered by Shelly Steens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCover Art by jaimie branch \u0026amp; John Herndon\u003cbr\u003eCover Design by Damon Locks \u0026amp; jaimie branch\u003cbr\u003eInsert Cover Photo by Peter Gannushkin\u003cbr\u003ePhotos from TRC by Fabrice Bourgelle\u003cbr\u003ePhotos from Café OTO by Dawid Laskowski\u003cbr\u003eOriginal Insert Design by Craig Hansen\u003cbr\u003eIA11 Design \u0026amp; Layout by Aaron Lowell Denton\u003cbr\u003eExecutive Production by Scott McNiece \u0026amp; David Allen\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"license-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"license\" class=\"info license\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"cc-icons commercial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eall rights reserved\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"International Anthem","offers":[{"title":"Limousine Black Vinyl LP (IA11 Edition)","offer_id":53919452954965,"sku":"IARC0027LP11","price":22.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1049\/0419\/6437\/files\/a4102833518_10.jpg?v=1779792901"}],"url":"https:\/\/international-anthem.k7store.com\/collections\/jaimie-branch.oembed","provider":"International Anthem","version":"1.0","type":"link"}