Field Effect

Field Effect: Audiovariac

by Glenn Astarita
December 12, 2007

The rather unlikely duo of jazz saxophonist Peter Gordon and studio processing/EFX wiz Matt Shire-Jones proves to be a fruitful relationship via their ongoing collaborations. The UK duo intimates the antithesis of that proverbial man vs. machine concept, here on this 2005 release. With guest artists chipping in on various tracks, the acoustic-electric component yields a multicolored potpourri of textured arrangements and highly rhythmic underpinnings.

The artists instill a lucid sense of the visual, as many ...