Edmund Welles || Tooth & Claw

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Edmund Welles was originally founded on two principles: the bass clarinet can achieve a virtually unlimited range of sounds, and when this same instrumental voice is multiplied, it can be as powerful as a boogie woogie piano, a gospel quartet or a rock band.

The very first arrangements were of the Swan Silvertones, Montana Taylor and the Pixies.  The original compositions have evolved into a style unique unto themselves while maintaining a stylistic consistency at their core, and the arrangements conquered by the quartet now include Black Sabbath and Sepultura songs.

The  bass  clarinet:  a  synergy  of  designs  from  all  saxophones and clarinets, themselves the culmination of  hundreds  of  years  of  single-reed  instrument  evolution. A four-and-a-half octave voice, multiplied into four equal parts and breathing together to create a  dense,  pulsing  sound  capable  of  expressing  and reflecting the full range of human emotions.

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