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Martin Archer + Engine Room Favourites: Safety Signal From A Target Town
by Glenn Astarita
Once again, British multi-reedman Martin Archer leads his large ensemble, Engine Room Favourites, through a myriad of persuasive developments. The band's assertive modus operandi is occasionally sectionalized during various motifs, where minimalist structures, free-form outbursts, structured horns charts and many other factors come into play. Indeed, they pack a mighty wallop coming from all angles on ...
Sunshine! Quartet
Label: Discus Music
Released: 2017
Track listing: Four Free to One; It’s Not Finished; What on Earth Could You Mean?; Alsten;
Story Tellers
Label: Discus Music
Released: 2017
Track listing: Book 1 - The River Follower (Story Tellers#1; Like It Is; The River Follower; The
Casuist; Shaman Song#1); Book 2 – The Barbarian (Story Tellers#2; Go Heavy;
The Barbarian; The Wayfarer’s Bastard; Dedication Coda); Book 3 – The
Wounded Healer (Story Tellers#3; Like It Is; The Wounded Healer; The
Barbarian; Shaman Song#2); Book 4 – The Casuist (Story Tellers#4; Like It
Was; the Casuist; The River Follower; Dedication Coda – Leo’s Dream); Book 5 –
The Wayfarer’s Bastard (Story Tellers#5; Like It Will Be; The Wayfarer’s Bastard;
The Rain Maker; Shaman Song #3); Book 6 – The Rain Maker (Story Tellers#6;
Time Twist; The Wounded Healer; the Rain Maker; The Casuist (exit pursued by
demons); Dedication Coda – Roscoe’s Blues).
Martin Archer: Story Tellers
by Duncan Heining
We used to call records like this 'concept albums.' The whole idea soon became a term of derision thanks to Rick Wakeman and others. Nevertheless, let's stick with it for a moment. Martin Archer's Story Tellers is constructed as a series of interlocking vignettes, linked both by certain recurring themes, narrative threads and the attribution of ...
Archer / Mwamba / Bennett / Fairclough: Sunshine! Quartet
by Glenn Astarita
You never know what path British reedman, multi-instrumentalist Martin Archer will traverse. Whether he's leading orchestral units, freely improvised trios, avant-rock and electronics tinged fare or his recordings with legendary rock and jazz vocalist Julie Tippetts, the artist underscores his experimental implementations with the element of surprise. On this quartet date with his fellow countrymen, Archer ...
Julie Tippetts: Didn't You Used To Be Julie Driscoll?
by Duncan Heining
The respect in which Julie Tippetts is held by her fellow musicians and fans is truly heartening--and truly deserved. Back in the late sixties, then Julie Driscoll, she gave up a very different career trajectory in music, one that had begun with Steampacket and continued with Brian Auger & The Trinity, to follow a journey characterised ...
Bad Tidings From Slackwater Drag
Label: Discus Music
Released: 2015
Track listing: A1 – Song for Alice Coltrane; A2 – Bad Tidings from Slackwater Dog; A3 – New Intruder; A4 – Downtown and Uptown: A5 – Song for Mary Lou Williams; A6 – Satin Lantern (Salsa Dura); B1 – You Will Never Know; B2 – The Hard Blues.
Martin Archer's Engine Room Favourites: Bad Tidings From Slackwater Drag
by Glenn Astarita
British multi-reedman Martin Archer is a cunning maverick who exploits the seemingly limitless expanse of progressive jazz, electronica and improvisation, evidenced by his hearty discography, performing as a solo artist or when collaborating with many of his peers. Moreover, this large ensemble's second album is influenced by the Chicago, IL based, Association for the Advancement of ...
Blue Meat, Black Diesel & Engine Room Favourites
Label: Discus Music
Released: 2013
Track listing: Engine Room Induction; Of the Above; Blue Meat, Black Diesel & Engine
room Favourites.
Martin Archer: Blue Meat, Black Diesel & Engine Room Favourites
by Glenn Astarita
One never knows what direction British multi-reedman Martin Archer will impart as he surges forward in a stealthy world of avant-jazz, electronics, or discombobulated jazz-rock. Hands down, he's one of the more creative musical souls on mother earth. Each new album marks a distinct journey. His fresh outlook and cornucopia of disparate concepts, executed with large ...
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