{"title":"William Hooker","description":"\u003cp\u003eBrowse our collection of William Hooker vinyl records, CDs, box sets, and more at Darkside Records. Shop new and used releases with fresh inventory arriving daily.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"william-hooker-flesh-and-bones-preorder","title":"William Hooker- Flesh and Bones (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFlesh and Bones is the latest release from drummer, composer, and poet William Hooker. The album marks his third full length effort for Org Music, following \"Big Moon\" (2021) and \"Symphonie of Flowers\" (2019). Hooker has also referred to the new work as his \"Black Lives Suite\", a multi-disciplinary event which uses music and poetry to address the social issues of the times. Recorded at NYU Steinhart Studios, the recording features fellow New York based players Ras Moshe, Charles Burnham, On Davis, Hilliard Greene, and Luke Stewart. After more than 70 releases as a leader and nearly five decades into his career, William Hooker has solidified his reputation as one of the most unique composers and drummers of his generation, and he continues to explore new territory. Flesh and Bones was mastered by Dave Gardner, and features liner notes from Hooker himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlames\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Blood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Captivity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Courts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Sewing the Seams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e True Dat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Reveal a Truth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Black Lives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Illustrious Posterity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ageless\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Soul of Fire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e Shop online at 24\/7.\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ORG MUSIC, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44063338791133,"sku":"711574937110","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/4243844-3034060.jpg?v=1731393628"},{"product_id":"william-hooker-flesh-and-bones","title":"William Hooker- Flesh and Bones (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFlesh and Bones is the latest release from drummer, composer, and poet William Hooker. The album marks his third full length effort for Org Music, following \"Big Moon\" (2021) and \"Symphonie of Flowers\" (2019). Hooker has also referred to the new work as his \"Black Lives Suite\", a multi-disciplinary event which uses music and poetry to address the social issues of the times. Recorded at NYU Steinhart Studios, the recording features fellow New York based players Ras Moshe, Charles Burnham, On Davis, Hilliard Greene, and Luke Stewart. After more than 70 releases as a leader and nearly five decades into his career, William Hooker has solidified his reputation as one of the most unique composers and drummers of his generation, and he continues to explore new territory. Flesh and Bones was mastered by Dave Gardner, and features liner notes from Hooker himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlames\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Blood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Captivity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Courts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Sewing the Seams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e True Dat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Reveal a Truth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Black Lives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Illustrious Posterity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ageless\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Soul of Fire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"ORG MUSIC, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44603134116061,"sku":"711574938711","price":10.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/products\/4243845-3034061.jpg?v=1727269747"},{"product_id":"william-hooker-big-moon","title":"William Hooker- Big Moon (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver 30 releases and 44 years into his career as a jazz drummer and composer, William Hooker has made (arguably) his best album yet during the pandemic in 2020, a follow up to his critically acclaimed 2019 album \"Symphonie of Flowers\". Clocking in at 83 minutes in total (depending on the format you're listening to), \"Big Moon\" is as expansive as it is groundbreaking. With a reputation as one of the most innovative composers and drummers of his generation, for those in the know, Hooker does not disappoint on this latest work. Supported by a dynamic group of players which varies throughout the piece, Hooker weaves elements of spiritual and avant-garde jazz with tropical rhythms through eleven movements of the meditative journey that is \"Big Moon\"; a work that should be ingested and contemplated as one body of work. \n\nThe release was mastered by Dave Gardner at Infrasonic Mastering. The vinyl release, a double LP, comes housed in a gatefold jacket features poetry from William Hooker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStations of Power\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Right Speech\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ring-Pass-Not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Major Planetary Centres\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Seven Rays\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Sequence of the Form\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Synthesis of Understanding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Org Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45005558644957,"sku":"711574900596","price":35.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/4001165-2737630.jpg?v=1727244131"},{"product_id":"william-hooker-symphonie-of-flowers","title":"William Hooker- Symphonie Of Flowers (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hooker has been recognized as one of the most innovative musicians and drummers of his generation, leading a variety of ensembles within the worlds of free jazz, experimental, and new music. Hooker's prior collaborators range from avant garde jazz musicians to indie rock legends like Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth. On his latest work, \"Symphonie of Flowers\", Hooker weaves three sections into a whole, or a \"symphonie\" of sorts. As he says, \"the piece begins and ends with the drum... my instrument. It's rhythm and variations of timbre are the stabilizing element.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChain Gangs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Freedom Riders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Rastafarian\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Mud Cloth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Jazz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Soul\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Hieroglyphics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Org Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45005992558813,"sku":"711574886111","price":30.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/3737055-2527658.jpg?v=1727230423"},{"product_id":"william-hooker-shamballa-duets-with-thurston-moore-and-elliott-sharp","title":"William Hooker- Shamballa - Duets With Thurston Moore And Elliott Sharp (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eShamballa is the 1993 collaboration from jazz drummer William Hooker, Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), and composer Elliott Sharp. The release features Hooker performing duets with each musician. Hooker and Moore's performance is littered with bursts of feedback and distortion, while the collaboration with Sharp is characterized by a more electronic sound, building a sense of technology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Work - Shamballa - Side 1 \"First Meeting\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Sirius Part 1 - Wheels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Sirius Part 2 - Wings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Work - Shamballa - Side 2 \"Continuous - Time... Consciousness.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Hat... And It's Train\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Org Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45006636581085,"sku":"711574901319","price":34.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/4165737-2958254.jpg?v=1727212271"},{"product_id":"william-hooker-mindfulness","title":"William Hooker- Mindfulness (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Org Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45006705098973,"sku":"711574707713","price":30.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/3905364.jpg?v=1727209384"},{"product_id":"william-hooker-jubilation","title":"William Hooker- Jubilation (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hooker is a musician, composer, and poet with over 70 recordings as a leader, encompassing jazz, new music, experimental music and multi-disciplinary forms of expression (e.g. dance, silent film and spoken word). He has been recognized [by The Wire] as \"an iconoclast, and one of the most innovative musicians and drummers of his generation,\" which is evident nowhere more than on his latest album. Hooker says of the work, which features collaborators Matt Lavelle, Sarah Manning, On Davis, and Adam Lane, \"our express purpose was to play great music and to communicate such.\" The group - captured live in 2023 at acclaimed Brooklyn performance arts venue Roulette - does just that, and the result is pure Jubilation (noun; a feeling of great happiness and triumph).The release marks Hooker's fourth outing for Org Music, following Flesh and Bones (2023), Big Moon (2021), and Symphonie of Flowers (2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Stare\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Linking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Villages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Central Features of Sleep\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Exhausting Clouds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Laws of Heredity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Steam\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AEC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46054176719069,"sku":"711574953219","price":11.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/4379588-3272938.jpg?v=1737469470"},{"product_id":"william-hooker-jubilation-1","title":"William Hooker- Jubilation (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWilliam Hooker is a musician, composer, and poet with over 70 recordings as a leader, encompassing jazz, new music, experimental music and multi-disciplinary forms of expression (e.g. dance, silent film and spoken word). He has been recognized [by The Wire] as \"an iconoclast, and one of the most innovative musicians and drummers of his generation,\" which is evident nowhere more than on his latest album. Hooker says of the work, which features collaborators Matt Lavelle, Sarah Manning, On Davis, and Adam Lane, \"our express purpose was to play great music and to communicate such.\" The group - captured live in 2023 at acclaimed Brooklyn performance arts venue Roulette - does just that, and the result is pure Jubilation (noun; a feeling of great happiness and triumph).The release marks Hooker's fourth outing for Org Music, following Flesh and Bones (2023), Big Moon (2021), and Symphonie of Flowers (2019).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Stare\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Linking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Villages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Central Features of Sleep\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Exhausting Clouds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Laws of Heredity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Steam\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AEC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46054218760413,"sku":"711574953110","price":27.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/4379587-3272937.jpg?v=1737469928"},{"product_id":"william-hooker-big-moon-1","title":"William Hooker- Big Moon (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver 30 releases and 44 years into his career as a jazz drummer and composer, William Hooker has made (arguably) his best album yet during the pandemic in 2020, a follow up to his critically acclaimed 2019 album \"Symphonie of Flowers\". Clocking in at 83 minutes in total (depending on the format you're listening to), \"Big Moon\" is as expansive as it is groundbreaking. With a reputation as one of the most innovative composers and drummers of his generation, for those in the know, Hooker does not disappoint on this latest work. Supported by a dynamic group of players which varies throughout the piece, Hooker weaves elements of spiritual and avant-garde jazz with tropical rhythms through eleven movements of the meditative journey that is \"Big Moon\"; a work that should be ingested and contemplated as one body of work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStations of Power\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRight Speech\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRing-Pass-Not\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMajor Planetary Centres\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeven Rays\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSequence of the Form\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSynthesis of Understanding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Council Chamber\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExtra-Planetary Livingness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Alliance - BT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46983221280989,"sku":"711574900619","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/4001166-2737631.jpg?v=1762924975"},{"product_id":"william-hooker-symphonie-of-flowers-1","title":"William Hooker- Symphonie Of Flowers (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWilliam Hooker has been recognized as one of the most innovative musicians and drummers of his generation, leading a variety of ensembles within the worlds of free jazz, experimental, and new music. Hooker’s prior collaborators range from avant garde jazz musicians to indie rock legends like Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth. On his latest work, “Symphonie of Flowers”, Hooker weaves three sections into a whole, or a “symphonie” of sorts. As he says, “the piece begins and ends with the drum…my instrument. 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