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Ivan Kapec 5tet: Crta
ByThough those living in the USA may never know it, both chaos and order have their baseline shelf lives, and Kapec's fifth album Crta readily discovers moments of each, hybrids of both, and presents them with the fanciful foreknowledge that it is all subjective and questionable at the end of another trip around the flaring sun. So Crta (meaning "line") opens with the catch-me-if you-can, arcade rush of "Zoka" as Kapec and the youthful 5tetold schooled but freewheeling tenor saxophonist Mario Bočić, ringing, cloud-busting vibraphonist Šimun Matišić, frolicsome double bassist Ivar Roban Krizic, and seemingly eight armed drummer Borko Rupenapull, parlay and participate in Crta's eight equally ribald and thoughtful conversations.
Circular cascades of guitar and vibraphone backbone the translucent blue of "Vibar Colores," allowing Bočić ample solo room while the rhythm section mashes between them. The easeful slide into the hyper-active "Neo" is a logical progression against the backdrop in which, to be conservative, half the world believes in alternate facts. "South, South" revels in a lingering, whispery {{Jeff Tweedy} groove (ie: the song is right there in front of you but then again maybe not but that is the whole point) and captures a glow all its own. "In processu" holds its pensive, somewhat meditative line over a series of wistful time changes, resting, climaxing, resting, climaxing. The insistent elasticity of "Quattro per due" goes a long way to prove that Crta is music with much imagination. And what a relief that is.
Track Listing
Zoka; Vibar Colores; Neo; South,South; In Processu; U Daljini; Quattro Per Due; Pensata
Personnel
Ivan Kapec
guitarMario Bočić
saxophone, tenorŠimun Matišić
vibraphoneIvar Roban Krizic
bassBorko Rupena
drumsAlbum information
Title: Crta | Year Released: 2020 | Record Label: Zona Muzika
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