Hailing originally from Baltimore and now having moved to Germany, Horse Lords recently embarked on their 2026 Summer tour of the United States following the recent release of their sixth studio album, Demand To Be Taken to Heaven Alive.
This quartet combines Just Intonation tunings with West African rhythms, and the high energy result is intoxicating and exciting.
According to the Wikipedia article on the subject, "Just intonation is the tuning of a musical interval without beats. The result is an acoustically pure sound that resonates within the harmonic series. The simplest relationship between pitches in this series can be expressed as small whole number ratios. Musicians around the world instinctively perform in just intonation."
Recording information:
HORSE LORDS
2026-07-12
Madison, WI
Arts and Literature Laboratory
Andrew Bernstein: saxophone, drums, electronics
Max Eilbacher: bass, electronics
Owen Gardner: guitar
Sam Haberman: drums
Setlist:
01 Brain of the Firm (6:26)
02 Against Gravity - After the Last Sky (13:27)
03 Zero Degree Machine (7:41)
04 Mess Mend (4:00)
05 First Galactic Utopia (5:36)
06 Law of Movement (8:28)
07 Fanfare for Effective Freedom (8:14)
08 Bending the Lash (8:24)
Total time = 62:16
Recorded with permission by Richard Hayes for this blog
Microphones: Line Audio CM3 in ORTF in front row
Additional source: mono soundboard feed (sax and bass only)
Recorder: Sound Devices MixPre6ii
Software: Audacity. Fission, xAct
https://horselords.bandcamp.com/
https://artlitlab.org/
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Their live set in Los Angeles two years ago filmed by the great Daniel Kirby:
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