{"product_id":"corsano-dorji","title":"Chris Corsano\/Tashi Dorji - Live at Ritual Botanica LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Messrs. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eCorsano\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eDorji\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e are both familiar names in the Feeding Tube discography. Chris has played drums on eight FTR LPs (and recorded two other), and Tashi has played guitar on six (details upon request if you are lazy.) But this is the first time they have appeared on vinyl as a duo, and we are damn proud to have them. Over the past years Chris has recorded with a lot of the era's best guitarists -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill Nace\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBen Chasny\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThurston Moore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eNels Cline\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Vanzan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill Orcutt\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eRick Bishop\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eGlenn Jones\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJim O'Rourke\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eFlo Stoffner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and onward. And Tashi has worked with some fine-ass drummers -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThom Nguyên\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eTyler Damon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Zerang\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eDylan Fujioka\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusie Ibarra\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarshall Trammell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, etc. So perhaps this team-up was inevitable. They played their first live duo show at a one-off in 2023 and it went so well, they set up a four date tour for 2025. This set was recorded at the tour's inaugural date in Tashi's hometown, Asheville NC, at Ritual Botanica, a space run by Tashi's pals, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ePotion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. And it is a corker. Chris runs through a panorama of his playing styles. Sometimes he flashes polyrhythmic jazzoid explosions across every available drum head. At others he lays into a slightly off-kilter backbeat like some sort of prog rock lumberjack. Simultaneously, Tashi lays out lines of space-oid feedback, drives through angular chunk-riffs ala early \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn McLaughlin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, or spirals into psych flairs worthy of Japan's sub-underground masters. Together, they make a powerful argument for the divine mastery of drum\/guitar duos, a non-standard format first introduced (to me, anyway) on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eRandy Holden\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePopulation II\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLive at Ritual Botanica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a different animal than Holden's classic LP, but a stone by any other name, y'know?\" --\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eByron Coley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Forced Exposure","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51880021590183,"sku":"FTR 834LP","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0560\/7918\/8135\/files\/FTR834LP_CU.jpg?v=1794620386","url":"https:\/\/www.zumonline.com\/products\/corsano-dorji","provider":"Zum","version":"1.0","type":"link"}