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Piet Verbist: Secret Exit to Another Dimension
ByIt has become cliche to sayespecially when speaking of trio of bass and drums with a piano or guitarthat the group displays an equality of input, as a trio of equals. And that is often overstated. It is commonly the chording instrument that has the major voice. It is not overstated with Verbist's Secret Exit to Another Dimension. Each voiceVerbist's muscular bass, Lionel Beuvens' quirky drum work, and Hendrik Braeckman's sometimes crisp, sometimes ringing and often off-kilter guitar soundcome together as a synchronized tussle. Everybody is assertive, pushing forward with their sound. They bump shoulders and elbows yet meld into a single unit that doesn't sound like any other guitar trio out there.
The compositions are mostly originals, from the pens of all three players, with Charlie Parker's "Cheryl" and Thelonious Monk's "Pannonica" acting as touchstones to the tradition. This set of strong compositions and the originality of trio expression makes for a cohesive start-to-finish mood, almost like a suite. Like Monk's music, lots of angles are encountered, and on "Secret Exit," the group does indeed make its egress into that other dimension, riding Braeckman's guitar that seems to have taken the electrical aspect of his axe to the next level.
The trio closes with Verbist's "Minikan Milan," a hopeful, folksy soundscape to a day of wide open horizons.
Track Listing
The Other Side; A Noble Trice; Map Map; Cheryl; In Peace With Gravity; Bridge House; Secret Exit; Pannonica; Ji Ha; Minikin Milan.
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Title: Secret Exit to Another Dimension | Year Released: 2022 | Record Label: Origin Records
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Instrument: Bass, acoustic
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