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Tohpati: Tribal Dance
by Glenn Astarita
Nascent Indonesian guitarist, Tohpati strikes again with his third album and second trio date, greatly benefitting from the all- universe rhythm section of drummer Chad Wackerman and bassist Jimmy Haslip. Here, the artist coexists in that sacred space of high-octane power trios, assembled by progressive rock and jazz fusion guitar warlords, Joe Satriani, Greg Howe, Allan Holdsworth and other prominent ambassadors of this ilk. Tohpati's super clean licks and spicy Indo-Fusion treatments offset his crunchy chord voicings and ...
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by Chris M. Slawecki
Indonesian composer, producer and guitarist Tohpati continues his march toward dominating the jazz-rock fusion guitar world with Tribal Dance. Written and produced by the guitarist, this electrifying Dance was recorded live in a Los Angeles studio then finished in Indonesia, and is credited to “Tohpati featuring Jimmy Haslip and Chad Wackerman." Haslip and Wackerman previously worked together on the 2010 MoonJune set Blues for Tony, to honor the untimely passing in 2007 of drummer, composer and Lifetime bandleader Tony Williams, ...
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by Ian Patterson
A revered musician in Indonesia through his twenty-year association with progressive jazz outfit simakDialog and the guitar trio Trimus--alongside Indonesian guitar greats Dewa Budjana and Balawan--Tohpati has produced a handful of solo recordings since the late 1990s. Through Moonjune Records, however, Tohpati is gradually reaching a wider international audience. Save The Planet (Moonjune Records, 2010) with his band Ethnomission showcased the broad dynamics of the guitarist's Indonesian jazz-fusion, while Riot (Moonjune Records, 2012) was a scintillating power trio outing with ...
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by AAJ Italy Staff
Tophati è il chitarrista della band indonesiana simakDIALOG che ha già dato prove di buon valore artistico con il contributo essenziale di un grande esperto di rock progressivo, di jazz-rock e di musica etnica come Leonardo Pavkovic, per conto della sua etichetta Moonjune Records. Questo ottimo album conferma quanto di buono era già emerso in un recente passato. Gli undici brani sono tutti scritti e arrangiati da Tohpati e rappresentano le perle di una collana di giada che brilla di ...
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by AAJ Italy Staff
Il gruppo indonesiano SimakDialog, guidato dal bravo tastierista Riza Arshad, giunge al suo quinto album e stacca un nuovo episodio convincente e ricco di pathos. Il rock progressivo si mischia al jazz e alle musiche orientali per una miscela che tiene sempre ben desta la nostra attenzione. Una dimostrazione di come il termine fusion, se ben interpretato, possa generare opere ricche di suggestioni e di qualità. La cosa più interessante da un punto di vista musicale è la stupefacente integrazione ...
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