Multi-instrumentalist Simon Price offers shades of vintage Brian Eno ambient-electronica, with psychedelic hooks and minimalist terrestrial planes, via his one-man solo effort, bearing the group moniker kandodo. He also intersperses an off-center new age vibe into the grand mix via oscillating guitar parts, thought-provoking textural components and tasteful themes sprinkled throughout. “Lord Hyena, ...

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Jeff Denson: Secret World

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by AAJ Italy Staff
July 3, 2012

È il momento dei contrabbassisti/compositori/arrangiatori. Dopo Linda Ho e Matt Ulery, usciti dal laboratorio Greenleaf di Dave Douglas, dopo Eivind Opsvik, norvegese d'origine newyorchese d'adozione, ecco Jeff Denson da Washington D.C.. Curiosità, eclettismo, rispetto dell'insegnamento dei grandi maestri, capacità di andare oltre la tradizione senza venir meno ai suoi canoni fondamentali, forte attrazione e coinvolgimento verso ...

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White Hills: Frying on this Rock

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by Glenn Astarita
April 25, 2012

Among other things, the New York City-based space rockers White Hills will give any stereo system a workout by pushing the limits of acceptable sonic distortion, sort of like a proving grounds for aural integrity. Unabashedly loud, and progressing with a massive wall-of-sound approach, this album tenders a psycho-rock brew tinged with thrashing guitar licks amid ...

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