Maximo Corbacho

Maximo Corbacho: Vestiges

by AAJ Staff
December 1, 2000

Vestiges , by Maximo Corbacho, is definitely in what you might call the “school of Steve Roach." There are the same percussion rhythms backed by floating synthesizer chords, and the same touches of exotic and “primitive" instrumentation such as rattles and rainsticks. The album also appears to cover the same geographic territory as Roach, the open vastness of deserts and big skies. The liner notes and titles are in English, as if it were meant for an American market. (The ...