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Nels Cline, Julian Lage: Room

Read "Room" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


Uno, Nels Cline, è un alchimista della sei corde, strumento che ha espanso e portato oltre i limiti come pochi, trasfigurandolo in una portentosa opportunità per viaggi ultragalattici della mente e del corpo. L'altro, Julian Lage, è un giovane emergente che partito dalla tradizione della chitarra jazz sta allargando i propri orizzonti grazie anche alla frequentazione di compagnie eccellenti (come la recente residency allo Stone ha confermato grazie ad una serie di collaborazioni che andavano da John Zorn a Fred ...

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Album Review

Nels Cline and Julian Lage: Room

Read "Room" reviewed by Paul Naser


Serious fans of guitar may have heard of both Nels Cline and Julian Lage, but many listeners more likely know only one or the other of these guitar giants. The two innovators have very different styles and sounds. Cline is known primarily for his work with Wilco and The Nels Cline Singers, where his compositions function as experimental explorations and push boundaries in many ways; even more so his solo improvisations, which heavily incorporate electronic sounds and unconventional uses of ...

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Album Review

The Nels Cline Singers: Macroscope

Read "Macroscope" reviewed by Maurizio Comandini


La luminosa carriera di Nels Cline è talmente ben consolidata che non serve alcuna conferma. Ma se per caso qualcuno si fosse distratto negli ultimi trent'anni, arriva oggi un segnale che non si può ignorare: con questo Macroscope il chitarrista californiano riafferma il suo posto di riguardo nella lista dei dieci chitarristi più interessanti della sua generazione. Che è anche la generazione di Bill Frisell, Pat Metheny e John Scofield, tanto per fare qualche nome. Macroscope è ...

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The Nels Cline Singers: Macroscope

Read "Macroscope" reviewed by Troy Collins


Macroscope is a first for guitarist Nels Cline's ironically named band, The Nels Cline Singers, in more ways than one. The group's four previous albums were released by the notoriously adventurous Cryptogramophone label, so it is somewhat surprising to see the amplified power trio's latest endeavor issued by the relatively mainstream Mack Avenue imprint. More importantly, it is the first recording to feature Trevor Dunn in place of original bassist Devin Hoff, and although it is a novel detail, The ...

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Extended Analysis

The Nels Cline Singers: Macroscope

Read "The Nels Cline Singers: Macroscope" reviewed by Matt Marshall


With the release of this album by The Nels Cline Singers, Detroit's Mack Avenue Records takes a bold leap into the outer fringes of jazz. Their impressive slate of artists already included the likes of Kenny Garrett, Sean Jones and Christian McBride, who are open to pushing jazz boundaries, but the label had no one who goes as far afield as guitarist Cline. In fact, it's probably best to think of Cline, whether leading the Singers or any of his ...

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Interview

Nels Cline: Finding Others

Read "Nels Cline: Finding Others" reviewed by Ted Harms


Ask 10 people when they first heard of guitarist Nels Cline and you'll get 10 different answers. Maybe it was when he joined award-winning, arena-packing, ever-touring rock band Wilco. Or maybe it was stumbling upon a guitar internet forum where nerd boys and girls go over the minutiae of his expansive and varied effect pedals, amps, and guitars. Or it could have been hearing his critically acclaimed The Giant Pin (Cryptogramophone, 2004) with his group, the Nels Cline Singers (even ...

Album Review

Scarnella / Fluorescent Pigs: Scarnella / Fluorescent Pigs

Read "Scarnella / Fluorescent Pigs" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Anche questo episodio della Phonometak Series si aggira nei territori della sperimentazione. Ottavo capitolo di una collana di splits in vinile che nascono con l'obiettivo di diventare rarità discografiche, è condiviso tra Carla Bozulich e Nels Cline (Scarnella) e Alessandro “Asso" Stefana e Andrea Belfi (Fluorescent Pigs). Il lato A è occupato dalle chitarre (in questo caso eteree) di Nels Cline, e dalla voce lontana di Carla Bozulich, con tre brani che solo all'apparenza sembrano immersi in un inconcludente magma ...


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