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Reut Regev: This Is R*Time
ByThe opening "Swill" establishes the album's highly pneumatic hectic urban bustle, busily driving into a dramatic theme. Regev is a staccato attacker, playing detailed constructions at high speed against a backdrop of sour guitar riffing and wildly skittering drums. The division is sometimes smeared between so-called jazz solos and a jamband-style propulsive motion. Melody is often taken for a loosened solo run, while solos might contain more than the usual amount of tune content. On "Hula Hula," Regev glides smoothly over a bouncing-bomb groove, but can switch in an instant from gentle enunciation to a brashly blasting outburst. "Nutcase Scenario" offers expressive space for the drums and guitar, with the latter taking on a sitar shimmer for "Balibalaila."
There are stretches where Regev sounds similar to Bruce Fowler with Captain Beefheat's Magic Band, particularly when she's cart-wheeling around a Phelps scratch-riff. "Clean Dirt" is somehow reminiscent of a Charlie Haden atmosphere, followed by the disorientated King Crimson pugilism of "True Story."
Track Listing
Swill; Hula Hula; Nutcase Scenario; Balibalaila; Some Of The Best Fish Are Alive; Faradise; Elephant Steps; Clean Dirt; True Story.
Personnel
Reut Regev
tromboneReut Regev: trombone (1, 2, 4-6, 8, 9), flugabone(3, 7), congas (5, 6); David Phelps: guitars; Brad Jones: upright bass (2, 4-6, 8), electric bass (1, 3, 7, 9); Igal Foni: drums and percussion; Eddie Bobe: congas (4), bongos (6).
Album information
Title: This Is R*Time | Year Released: 2009 | Record Label: Ropeadope