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Club d'Elf: As Above: Live at the Lizard Lounge
ByAt the same time, As Above is certainly not for everyone. The group displays an unabashed disrespect for fixed idioms. For example, on "Beneath the Underground," avant saxophonist Joe Maneri finds a place wailing alongside Bowie guitarist Reeves Gabrels. (The liner notes dub Maneri as a "portly, bearded medicine man." Perhaps the audio recording does not do justice to the dynamic imagery of the original event...) Periods of trance-like quietude can overturn at a moment's notice and give rise to edgy free funk. But somehow the nucleus of the group keeps everything tied down in a very delicate balancing act. And with the reverent preservation of the beat, the music keeps moving forward.
Track Listing
Now I Understand; Shadow's Shift; Actual Smiles; Left Hand Of Clyde (Parts 1, 2 & 3); Meet The Monster Tonight; Claude Raines Revisited; Last Business (Dub); D'empty Dance; So Below; Get A Little Turning; Intro _ Bass Beatbox; In A Perfect World; Route Of The Root; As Above; Beneath The Underground; Buzz; Taurobolium; Trance Meeting; Last Business; Divine Invasion.
Personnel
Club d'Elf
band / ensemble / orchestraMike Rivard
bass, acousticErik Kerr
drumsJerry Leake
percussionIan Kennedy
guitarKenwood Dennard
drumsAlain Mallet
pianoMat Maneri
violaReeves Gabrels
guitarDuke Levine
guitarTom Halter
trumpetEric Hipp
saxophoneRoberto Cassan
accordionCurtis Hasselbring
tromboneTom Hall
saxophoneDJ Logic
turntableJere Faison (sampler and dagomba drumming), Jerry Leake (tablas & percussion, dagomba drumming), Brahim Fribgane (oud, doumbek and qaraqab), DJ C (turntables), Dr. Didg (didgeridoo).
Album information
Title: As Above - Live At The Lizard Lounge | Year Released: 2000 | Record Label: Supermusic
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About Club d'Elf
Instrument: Band / ensemble / orchestra
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