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Richard Pinhas / Merzbow: Keio Line
by John Kelman
Following up on Metatron (Cuneiform, 2007), widely considered his finest record to date, experimental guitarist Richard Pinhas shifts direction slightly with Keio Line, a collaboration with the uncompromising Merzbow, originator of Japanese noise music. It's an album of ambient soundscapes that prove noise can indeed be beautiful, and that it's possible to dispense with ...
Deus ex Machina: Imparis
by John Kelman
Despite being around for over 20 years with an underground fan base in the progressive rock world, it's only been since Cinque (2002), released by the intrepid Cuneiform Records, that Deus ex Machina has begun to garner broader attention. Cinque set the standard for an Italian group that combines the best of Gentle Giant's contrapuntal idiosyncrasies ...
Isotope: Golden Section
by John Kelman
While it's generally accepted that Miles Davis fired the first fusion shots with In a Silent Way (Columbia, 1969) and Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1969), plenty was going on, at the same time, to explore the fusion of jazz and rock. In England, Ian Carr's Nucleus and Soft Machine were finding their own nexus points. And as ...
Revolutionary Snake Ensemble: Forked Tongue
by Joel Roberts
What do Billy Idol, Ornette Coleman and Doris Day have in common? One thing at least: They’re all fodder for the creative madness of the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble (RSE), the wildly eclectic, uproariously entertaining Boston-based group that offers a post-modern, Sun Ra-meets-Mardi Gras twist (down to their outrageous costumes) on the New Orleans brass band tradition. ...
Revolutionary Snake Ensemble: Forked Tongue
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il Revolutionary Snake Ensemble di Ken Field conferma con questo eccitante Forked Tongue la buonissima impressione che ci aveva lasciato col disco di esordio Year of the Snake (uscito per Innova nel 2003). La trama di fondo è sempre quella delle marching band di New Orleans ma gli sviluppi dell’azione ci portano inesorabilmente ben oltre i ...
Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet: Tabligh
by Nic Jones
Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith has always carved out his own territory in the music and Tabligh is one of the best realizations of his work on record. Working with this trumpet/keyboards/bass/drums quartet format for some time now, this set captures in true splendor how constructively that time has been spent. The band is alert to every ...
Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet: Tabligh
by Troy Collins
From his seminal days in the late sixties as co-founder of the Creative Construction Company with fellow AACM members Leroy Jenkins and Anthony Braxton to his ethno-musical investigations with his Nda-Kulture ensemble, trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith has explored a dizzying array of musical genres and styles. His most recent projects have paid tribute to the early ...
Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet: Tabligh
by Jerry D'Souza
Trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith's Golden Quartet is an evolving ensemble. The original line-up had Anthony Davis (piano), Jack DeJohnette (drums) and Malachi Favors Magoustos (bass). Then came Woody Aplanalp (guitar), Famoudou Don Moye (drums) and John Lindberg (drums). Smith had changed the line-up to give shape to his music. The current edition of the quartet retains ...
Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath: Eclipse At Dawn
by Nic Jones
This one only goes to show how easy review writing can sometimes be. Imagine a band that on the occasion captured for posterity here consisted of eleven pieces caught on a night when they were in sparkling form. That doesn't do it justice. Arguably as much a political statement by dint of its very being as ...
Lars Hollmer: Viandra
by John Kelman
Swedish multi-instrumentalist and co-founder of one of the earliest Rock in Opposition (RIO) groups, Samla Mammas Manna, Lars Hollmer has always been a melodic contrast to the oftentimes (but not always) more outré explorations of companion groups like Henry Cow, Art Zoyd and Univers Zéro. Living in a universe of his own making, Hollmer's 2005 performance ...
