Dennis Rea

Identity Crisis: Banished Souls: 
The Lost 1991 China Record Company Sessions

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Formed in 1990 by US and European expatriates living in Tainan, Taiwan, Identity Crisis were pioneers in introducing multigenre creative music to audiences on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Dennis Rea (guitar, vocals), Andreas Vath (bass), Tom Vest (drums), Bryce Whitwam (keyboards)
Produced by Yang Shichun for China Record Company, Chengdu, Sichuan April 1991.
Independently released 2021. Salvaged from stereo cassette.

Rich Hinklin, Dennis Rea & Don Berman:
Red Fable

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Rich Hinklin (1962-2021) was a much-loved presence on the adventurous fringe of the Pacific Northwest rock scene. A gifted multi-instrumentalist whose work combined taste, technique, and humor, Rich also mentored a generation of younger artists as a longtime instructor of audio engineering at the Art Institute of Seattle.
This improvised session features Rich on bass, keyboard, and mix, with Dennis Rea (guitar) and Don Berman (drums)

Dennis Rea, Wally Shoup & Tom Zgonc: 
Subduction Zone

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Featuring guitarist Dennis Rea, alto saxophonist and Seattle Jazz Hall of Fame honoree Wally Shoup, and drummer Tom Zgonc, Subduction Zone captures three of Seattle's most distinctive instrumentalists in uninhibited full flight. This improvised outing finds the highly simpatico trio in rare form, serving up everything from hyperkinetic fusion to noir jazz to eldritch experimentalia, in a panoply of incandescent sound.

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Identity Crisis: Rogue Province: 
The Lost 1991 Taipei Sessions

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Formed in 1990 by US and European expatriates in Tainan, Taiwan, Identity Crisis were pioneers in introducing multigenre creative music to audiences on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
Dennis Rea (guitar, vocal), Andreas Vath (bass), Bryce Whitwam & Volker Wiedersheim (keyboards), Tsao Hsin (drums), w/ Paul Chenard (saxophone)
Produced by George Soler for Crystal Records, Taipei 1991.
Independently released 2021. Salvaged from stereo cassette.

Ed Petry & Dennis Rea:
Duwamps Duets: Ed Petry Remembered

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Ed Petry (1955-2021) was a guitarist for whom the term ‘singular’ was no mere hyperbole, an under-the-radar virtuoso whose probing musical mind reconnoitered remote harmonic and melodic territory. These spontaneous duet encounters with kindred guitarist Dennis Rea were recorded by Rob Quattro in Seattle in 2007 and remixed and mastered shortly after Ed’s passing in 2021 by Pete Comley.

Tempered Steel

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Tempered Steel features Ffej, Frank Junk, and Dennis Rea playing amplified, electronically processed thumb pianos. The trio's seamless improvisations conjure everything from phantom harpsichords and subaqueous percussion to as-yet-uninvented stringed instruments and vintage musique concrete. Recommended to partisans of Harry Partch, John Cage's prepared piano music, and Konono No. 1. 

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