Electric Tonic

Live album by Medeski Martin & Wood

Released

2001

Recorded

July 4, 1998^[1]^[2]
(Tonic, New York City)

Genre

Jazz

Length

73:27

Label

Indirecto Records

Medeski Martin & Wood chronology

The Dropper
(2000)

Electric Tonic
(2001)

Uninvisible
(2002)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Electric Tonic is a live Jazz album by Medeski Martin & Wood. It consists of completely improvised^[1] material recorded as one piece at Tonic in New York City on July 4, 1998.^[1]^[2] Described by the band's website as "electric improvisational birthday music," it had previously only been made available at their live shows and through the band's online store; It is now sold online through Amazon instead.^[2] For the Electric Tonic concert, electric keyboards and basses were used by Medeski and Wood respectively, a counterpart to the group's fully acoustic album Tonic, recorded eight months later at the same venue (though released first in 2000).^[3]

According to John Zorn's liner notes:

"The first new music series presented at Tonic in the summer if 1998 was an inspiring show of solidarity showcasing the full range of the Downtown scene. As always, Medeski Martin & Wood were present playing their unique blend of groove, noise, and improvisation to a packed house of enthusiastic music lovers."

Recording

The concert was recorded by Federico Cribiore, archivist for Medeski Martin & Wood with 2 Earthworks microphones, Sonosax pre-amps, Apogee A/D converters live to a two track DAT @ 48kz.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Bass Hi Hat"	5:22
2.	"Brush Rim Groove"	8:05
3.	"Birds & Trash"	5:31
4.	"Shacklyn Groovin'"	10:20
5.	"Carnival of Noise"	2:59
6.	"Illy B's Wood Section"	5:49
7.	"Wood's Street Beat March"	3:57
8.	"Scofield's Ride"	5:44
9.	"Woodthump Groove"	17:02
10.	"Mutha Funkin' Medeski"	8:38

Personnel

John Medeski – keyboards
Billy Martin – drums, percussion
Chris Wood – bass

Credits

Recorded by Federico Cribiore
Mastered at Sony Studios by Marc Wilder
Cover designed by David Bias

References

1 2 3 Electric Tonic cover and liner notes (2001). Beatworld Music. "100% improvised music"
1 2 3 "Medeski Martin & Wood::Music". Retrieved 14 July 2015. Available ONLY through the band’s store or at a live show, Electric Tonic is electric improvisational birthday music...
↑ Tonic cover and liner notes (2000). Blue Note Records.

Medeski Martin & Wood

Discography

Studio albums	Notes from the Underground (1992) It's a Jungle in Here (1993) Friday Afternoon in the Universe (1995) Shack-man (1996) Farmer's Reserve (1997) Combustication (1998) The Dropper (2000) Uninvisible (2002) End of the World Party (Just in Case) (2004) Let's Go Everywhere (2008) Zaebos: Book of Angels Vol. 11 (2008) Radiolarians I (2008) Radiolarians II (2009) Radiolarians III (2009)

Live albums	Tonic (2000) Electric Tonic (2001) The Stone: Issue Four (2010) 20 (2011) Free Magic (2012)

Extended plays	Bubblehouse (1997) Combustication Remix EP (1999)

Compilation albums	Last Chance to Dance Trance (Perhaps) (1999) Note Bleu: Best of the Blue Note Years 1998–2005 (2006)

DVDs	Fly in a Bottle (2011)

Box sets	Radiolarians: The Evolutionary Set (2009)

Collaboration albums

With John Scofield	A Go Go (1998) Out Louder (2006) In Case the World Changes Its Mind (2011) Juice (2014)

With Chris Whitley	Perfect Day (2000)

With Nels Cline	Woodstock Sessions Vol. 2 (2014)

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