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Girls in Airports: Live
By"Kaikoura" the title track of the group's third album released in 2013, is atmospherically folk-like and imbued with a delicate sax-led melody. The twin reeds on "Broken Stones" elicit a mesmeric riff underpinned by a constant rhythmic pulse. Also gleaned from Kaikoura are the ruminative "Albert Kahn" and "King's Birthday." Other revisited tracks are "Fables" and "Aeiki" (another satisfying tension-and-release builder), both taken from the band's fourth 2015 album Fables.
The merged percussive, electronic and horn-rich sounds of "ADAC" (a dual allusion to the rock band AC/DC and ADAC, the German motoring organization) are as near as this record gets to unalloyed heaviness. By contrast, the deceptively raucous opening to "Need A Light," from the group's second album Migration, rapidly evolves into languid tranquillity, almost, at times, coming to a standstill.
Adequately describing the Girls In Airports sound is tricky. The music is a melange of ambient and rock beats fused with jazz lyricism. Perhaps it's a mixture of say, King Crimson's more pastoral interludes, early-ish instrumental Pink Floyd and maybe a soupçon of Eno's soundscapes plus some dark drone-like saxophone à la Donny McCaslin as heard on David Bowie's Blackstar. Any way you cut it, this is an intriguing and memorable set.
Track Listing
Kantine; Kaikoura; Broken Stones; Fables; Episodes; Aeiki; Albert Kahn; ADAC; Need A Light; Migration; King’s Birthday; Vejviser.
Personnel
Girls in Airports
band / ensemble / orchestraMartin Stender: saxophones; Lars Greve: saxophones, clarinets; Mathias Holm: keyboards; Victor Dybbroe: percussion; Mads Forsby: drums.
Album information
Title: Live | Year Released: 2017 | Record Label: Edition Records
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