vineri, 17 februarie 2012

Portico Quartet - Portico Quartet 2012


Patru tinerei din Londra, care se joaca de-a jazz-ul. Asta e cel de-al treilea lor album. Si suna al naibii de bine. Plecati urechea cu incredere.










Songs:
 01 – Window Seat
02 – Ruins
03 – Spinner
04 – Rubidium
05 – Export for Hot Climates
06 – Lacker Boo
07 – Steepless
08 – 4096 Colours
09 – City of Glass
10 – Trace

Musicians:
Jack Wyllie - Soprano and tenor saxophone
Duncan Bellamy - Drums
Milo Fitzpatrick - Double bass
Keir Vine / Hang and percussion




Thinking Plague - Decline and Fall 2012


Al saselea album al trupei americane de RIO/Avant-Prog, dupa o pauza de noua ani, si care parca nu se ridica la inaltimea ultimelor doua. Au o noua vocalista, dar a ramas Mark Harris la sax-uri. Cui ii place genul asta de muzica, sigur se va delecta. Mie mi-a placut.








Songs:
1. Malthusian Dances (6:39)
2. I Cannot Fly (8:34)
3. Sleeper Cell Anthem (6:10)
4. A Virtuous Man (11:45)
5. The Gyre (4:42)
6. Climbing the Mountain (8:38)

Musicians:
Elaine Di Falco / voice
Mark Harris / saxes & clarinets
Mike Johnson / guitars
Kimara Sajn / drums & keyboards
Dave Willey / bass


Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra - The West Will Rise Again 2012


Una dintre multele trupe dragi mie. Asta e un album scurt, de 23 de minute. Pentru mine, o desfatare (Psalms 99, dementiala).










 Songs:
 01. What We Loved Was Not Enough (Part 1)
02. What We Loved Was Not Enough (Part 2)
03. The State Itself Did Not Agree
04. Psalms 99

Musicians:
David Payant - drums
Efrim Manuel Menuck - guitar, vocals, piano
Jessica Moss - violin
Sophie Trudeau - violin
Therry Amar - bass













                    

Ilya - Fathoms Deep 2012


Duo din Bristol, format dintr-o vocalista foarte buna si un tip care canta, printre altele, la chitara si Hammond organ. Piese nitel triste (20 Fathoms Deep iese oarecum din tipar, mi-a placut cel mai mult), dar nicidecum nu e un album monoton. De incercat.








Songs:
 01 – Port Erin Fair
02 – Lean Down
03 – On Vauxhall Bridge
04 – Little Lamb
05 – Hollow
06 – Falcondale
07 – I Fall
08 – All I Got
09 – In The Spring
10 – 20 fathoms Deep

Musicians:
Joanna Swan - Vocals
Nick Pullin - All instruments


Jack deJohnette-Sound Travels 2012


Album pe care deJohnette canta opt piese la pian si unde ii are invitati, printre altii, pe Esperanza Spalding, Bruce Hornsby sau Bobby McFerrin.Avem ritmuri diverse, de la piano solo la bossa nova, pe scurt, un album foarte accesibil. Nu neaparat de ascultat a doua oara, dupa mine cel putin.







Songs:
  1. Enter Here
  2. Luisito Serena Salsa
  3. Dirty Ground (New Mix)
  4. New Muse
  5. Sonny Light
  6. Sound Travels
  7. Oneness
  8. Indigo Dreamscape
  9. Home 

Musicians:
Jack deJohnette - drums
Esperanza Spalding - bass & vocals
Luisito Quintero - percussion & vocals
Lionel Loueke - electric guitar
Tim Ries - soprano and tenor saxophone
Jason Moran - acoustic piano
Ambrose Akinmusire - trumpet
Bruce Hornsby - vocals
Bobby McFerrin - vocals 



Andy Sheppard-Trio Libero 2012

Album scos la ECM, unde scrie ca"interaction is highly creative, as Benita and Rochford respond perceptively to Sheppard’s melodically and rhythmically inventive lines". Calm si linistitor. De ascultat.








Songs:
1. Libertino 3:40
2. Slip Duty 3:39
3. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows 4:18
4. Spacewalk, Part 1 3:13
5. Dia da Liberdade 4:20
6. Land of Nod 3:46
7. The Unconditional Secret 4:01
8. Ishidatami 3:48
9. Skin / Kaa 6:09
10. Spacewalk, Part 2 3:50
11. Whereveryougoigotoo 3:41
12. Lots of Stairs 3:14
13. When We Live On the Stars... 4:04 


Musicians:
Andy Sheppard-tenor and soprano saxophones
Michel Benita-double-bass
Sebastian Rochford-drums


Landforge-Servitude to Earth 2012


Proiectul muzical al unui englez de 20 de ani, el canta la toate cele, si nu o face rau. Asta e al doilea album, post-metal, experimental metal, melancolic daca e sa i se puna eticheta. Nu rupe, dar nici nu e de aruncat, merita apreciat efortul. Piesa Phalanx chiar te duce intr-o stare faina.








Songs:
01. First Watch 07:45
02. Enchantress 07:08
03. Triquetra 09:50
04. God-Figure 07:36
05. Pilgrim 05:05
06. Phalanx 08:04

Musicians:
Stephan Carter - Guitars, Bass, Synth, Drum Programming





Cross - Wake Up Call 2012


Trupa suedeza de crossover prog, scrie pe PA, cu 10 albume la activ, asta e al 11-lea si primul bagat spre ascultare. Ritm misto pe Falling beyond si Racing spirits, dar cam atat.. Nici albumul asta nu m-a prins.








Songs:
1. Human Resolution (9:02)
2. Remembrance (1:10)
3. Falling Beyond (11:08)
4. Racing Spirits (4:33)
5. Waking Up (17:28)
6. Now (10:02)

Musicians:
- Hansi Cross / guitars, keyboards, lead & harmony vox, percussion
- Lollo Andersson / basses, taurus
- Tomas Hiort / drums, percussion

Additional personnel:
- Jock Millgaroh / lead and harmony vox
- Stefan Damicolas / harmony vox
- Mats Bender / keyboards
- Hanna Sundkvist / electric violin
- Sabina Cross / additional violin
- Lizette Von Panajott / processed female vox



Centric Jones - The Antikythera Method 2012


Al doilea album al trupei, de fapt un duo. Pe primul nu l-am ascultat, iar asta nu prea m-a convins. Cateva piese mai rasarite (Then e una dintre ele), restul nu le-am putut asculta decat pe sarite. Nu pierdeti nimic daca il ocoliti.









Songs:
01. Crushed (4:22)
02. Shadow Song (5:58)
03. All For One (7:13)
04. Boomer (6:10)
05. Dream In Threes (6:43)
06. Pyrrhic Victory (2:24)
07. Fading Time (7:11)
08. Morphogenic (6:24)
09. Save Me (6:31)
10. Then (6:05)
11. Pulse (3:22)
12. Antikythera Mechanism (7:03)

Musicians:
Chris Fournier: - Bass, Bass Pedals, Guitars, Keyboards, Electronic Percussion
Tobe London - Drums, Keyboards, Electronic and Acoustic Percussion 



Highasakite-All That Floats Will Rain 2012


Indie pop, electronic, destul de bun, zic eu, desi nu prea ma dau in vant dupa chestii de genul asta. Material de debut al unor norvegieni, muzicieni de studio. Vocalista e ok, prima parte a albumului m-a tinut in priza, dupa care incet-incet am inceput sa picotesc.








Songs:
01. Son Of A bitch
02. Winners Don't Come Easy
03. Indian Summer
04. When You Have Gone
05. In And Out Of Weeks
06. God Is A Banquet
07. My Soldier
08. Whatever That Means
09. Everything Sank In You
10. The Heron

Musicians:
Øystein Skar - Synth, Organ, Grand Piano
Trond Bersu Drums, Percussion, Vocals
Ingrid Helene Håvik - Vocals, Zither, Autoharp







John Zorn-Mount Analogue 2012


Nimic de zis, poate doar atat: puneti degraba mana si urechea pe el.











Song
1. Mount Analogue (38:21)

Musicians
Cyro Baptista - Percussion, Prayer Bells, Vocals
Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz - Bass, Oud, Gimbri, Vocals
Tim Keiper - Calabash, Drums, Percussion, Orchestral Bells, Vocals
Brian Marsella - Piano, Organ, Vocals
Kenny Wollesen - Vibraphone, Chimes, Vocals