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Sonic Liberation Front: Change Over Time
by Nic Jones
There are a lot of elements to this music--too many, in fact--and they gel only intermittently. Percussion workouts, vocals, the overt use of Pan-African music, and horn solos all vie for attention, but after a few listens, many of them just seem to fade into the background. The programme starts well enough with “The Next Thing ...
Change Over Time
Album: Change Over Time
By Sonic Liberation Front
Label: High Two Recordings
Released: 2006
Duration: 07:07
Sonic Liberation Front: Ash
by Brian P. Lonergan
At Satalla in late January, Sonic Liberation Front delivered a rousing set that was representative (almost song-for-song) of the group's new album, Ashé A Go-Go. Their second release since forming in 2000, Ashé continues the Front's compelling combination of Afro-Cuban batá drumming from the Nigerian Yoruba tradition with angular horn melodies in the style of Ornette ...
Sonic Liberation Front: Ash
by John Kelman
Sonic Liberation Front, led by percussionist Kevin Diehl, straddles the space between Afro-Cuban music and free jazz. The music on the group's second release, Ashé a Go-Go , is filled with infectious primitive rhythms, but what Diehl layers over those beats is another beast entirely. Utilizing an up to four-piece horn section over the percussion and ...
Sonic Liberation Front: Ash
by AAJ Staff
To the Yoruba people of West Africa (and their Cuban relations in the new world), the very spirit of existence is a primordial life force known as Ashé. Together with a group known as the Sonic Liberation Front, drummer Kevin Diehl has very consciously tapped into this energy. The group's first record, 2001's Water and Stone ...
Water and Stone
Label: Eye Dog Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Ochun Loops; Uplink; Voices; Simple; Those Who Run; Water and Stone.
Sonic Liberation Front: Water and Stone
by AAJ Staff
With its fist of power, the Sonic Liberation Front asserts freedom from authority. While the group's icon might suggest some kind of militant defiance, their approach is really much more positive and focused at heart. Drummer Kevin Diehl's group brings together a variety of approaches: from interlaced Afro-Cuban percussion, to African-American swing and free jazz traditions, ...
