How's By You?

Bright Dog Red (BDR), an improvising collective from Albany, New York, fuses free improvisation, electronica, jazz, hip hop, psychedelia, and noise music. BDR will release Hows by You? September 13, 2019, the ensembles second album for Ropeadope Records, the influential Philadelphia area imprint. Hows by You? follows BDRs Ropeadope debut, 2018s Means to the Ends, celebrated for its exploratory sounds (The Bolg) and spirited and inspired jazz that skillfully weaves inelectronica and hip-hop (Blue in Green Radio, UK). Ropeadope, long at the nexus of jazz, hip hop, and electronica, has proven an apt partner for BDRs innovative and psychedelic mesh of those genres (The Alt Weekly). Since partnering with the label, the group has enjoyed a widening audience, including increased recognition in North America, the UK, and Europe. Hailed as Sonic Groundbreakers (Nu Jazz Sounds, UK) and a band on the rise (The Bolg), BDR stands poised for increased notoriety with the release of Hows by You?. BDRs regular performances at New York destination venues like ShapeShifter Lab, Nublu, and Spectrum, have garnered the ensemble comparisons to Mahavishnu Orchestra meets Digable Planets (Paul Schulman), electronic Ahmad Jamal, (Don Lucoff), and to other psychedelic, jazz fusion, and hip hop luminaries. The band has also earned esteem among contemporary musicians representing a wide swath of genres. Live looping artist Adam Ahuja of Infinity Gritty has implored his followers to immerse themselves in BDRs self-reflective swing hop. Internationally renowned DJ M A N I K, has heralded BDRs dope fusion improv on his syndicated podcast Welcome to My Crate. Bass virtuoso and neuroscientist Tyreek Jackson, who often plays with the group, credited BDR with expanding his horizons, Playing in this band, where you know that things can change at any time, has opened up my earI become a better listener after every BDR gig.