Former Ministry and current-R.E.M. drummer Bill Rieflin (photo) has teamed up with drummer Matt Chamberlain (who has performed with Christina Aguilera, Fiona Apple, Dave Navarro, Shakira, and Tori Amos among many others). ALongside a bunch of other star musicians, both drummers have started a new project called Slow Music. It is focused completely on improvised music.\"It\'s based on the idea of space, rather than filling space In an improvised context, instead of saying, \'Hey, play this,\' I\'m saying, \'If you don\'t know what to do, play nothing.\' With six guys on stage, there\'s going to be at least one person to try and keep the ball rolling. Whereas so-called ambient or textural music ideas tend to live in a programmed context, I wanted to put it in a performing and playing context with musicians. In a way, it\'s a challenge for the musicians to learn how to work with space.\"
Slow Music has already assembled a debut recording, \"Live at the Croc\", taped at Seattle\'s Crocodile Cafe in October 2005. According to Bill Rieflin There will be an expanded version of the recording for sale commercially come out, though it is unknown how or when at this moment.
