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Mockuno NuClear: Drop It
Ma sono le tastiere di Dmitrij Golovanov a determinare il carattere della registrazione. Quando sotto le sue dita scorrono i tasti del pianoforte siamo dalle parti della libera improvvisazione di stampo contemporaneo con virate verso un linguaggio più jazzistico. Alle prese con il piano elettrico, Golovanov oscilla tra umori davisiani anni settanta ed un free funk che sarebbe piaciuto a Sun Ra, il tutto ammantato da uno straniante alone vintage.
Oltre al lungo (oltre undici minuti), lisergico "The Dark Side/The Bright Side," spiccano per una sorta di anomalia stilistica "Elephant Tango" e "Drop It". Il primo è un tango che il sax soprano del leader conduce dalle parti di un Sidney Bechet afterhours in cerca di emozioni proibite, il secondo ha un inizio quasi drum 'n' bass prima di trasformarsi in una cavalcata burlesque degna del Willem Breuker Kollektief più effervescente.
Track Listing
Prelude; Prelude Variation 1; The Cursed (Prelude Variation 2); The Dark Side / The Bright Side (The Bright Side is Dedicated to Andrew Hill); How To Earn Money; Elephant Tango; D rop It; Take It.
Personnel
Liudas Mockūnas
saxophoneLiudas Mockunas: soprano, tenor and baritone saxophones; Dmitrij Golovanov: piano and keyboards; Marijus Aleksa: drums; Vytis Nivinskas: bass (5, 6); Darius Rudis: drums (7).
Album information
Title: Drop It | Year Released: 2012 | Record Label: NoBusiness Records
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