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Koplant No: Koplant No
ByWith blithe electronics movements and ethereal overtones, the respective musicians make each note count. And it's all firmed up by converging horns choruses, intricately exercised improvisational sequences, and spicy background treatments. The artists carefully fuse dynamics and power on "Travelin' Man," where Smith's spacey electric piano notes instill a malleable foundation for yearning choruses from Vanderheyden that poignantly contrast with the rhythm section's cyclical polyrhythmic support.
The quartet pronounces a wide-open world, and in various regions of the album incorporates ambient-electronic based settings that either accent or envelop a given melody line. But the differentiator, when compared to similar undertakings by others, is seeded by thought-provoking compositions that are designed with substance and residual value, articulating a personalized, group-centric counterattack to the tried and true.
Track Listing
Baby (With A Monocle); Pitch Dark; Cave Troll; Stubby McGhee's First Second Place Finish; Travelin' Man; Stubby McGhee Is Somewhat Less Than Confrontational; So Far; Cracked Out Cyber Mouse; What A Way To Go; Quarter Til Dawn.
Personnel
Joel Vanderheyden: tenor saxophone, vocals; Brian Lewis Smith: trumpet, keys, drum programming; Drew Morton: basses, synths, french horn; Rob Baner: drums, samples.
Album information
Title: Koplant No | Year Released: 2010 | Record Label: Mize Music
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