“1939 Ensemble is a collaboration between two Portland-based drummers: the Breeders’ Jose Medeles, and David Coniglio, who is the head drum instructor at their city’s School of Rock. Simple is better for these guys, who create industrial art deco with nothing more than a vibraphone, constrained feedback, and the inexorable forward motion of multiple percussionists. At times, the music is reminiscen”
