luni, 27 februarie 2012

Alcest - Les Voyages De L'Âme 2012

Proiect al unui francez, care se ocupa de tot, aflat la al treilea album, in dreptul caruia scrie Experimental/Post-Metal. Si se ocupa bine. Asadar, se poate pune spre ascultare.











 Songs:
1. Autre temps
2. Là Où Naissent Les Couleurs Nouvelles
3. Les Voyages De L'Âme
4. Nous Sommes L'Emeraude
5. Beings Of Light
6. Faiseurs De Mondes
7. Havens
8. Summer's Glory

Musician:
Neige / all instruments and vocals, composition, lyrics, recording


Beyond The Bridge - The Old Man & the Spirit 2012

Trupa germana de progressive metal, album de debut. Influente inerente Dream Theater sau Symphony  X, insa un material destul de bun, spre care poate fi aplecata urechea.










 Songs:
1.The Call 06:34
2.The Apparition 08:02
3.Triumph Of Irreality 06:11
4.The Spring Of It All 01:48
5.A World Of Wonders 05:02
6.The Primal Demand 02:07
7.Doorway To Salvation 07:53
8.The Struggle 05:22
9.The Difference Is Human 07:55
10.Where The Earth And Sky Meet 06:57
11.All A Man Can Do 09:33

Musicians:
Herbie Langhans / vocals
Dilenya Mar / vocals
Peter Degenfeld-Schonburg / guitar
Christopher Tarnow / keyboards
Dominik Stotzem / bass
Fabian Maier / drums
Simon Oberender / keyboards, guitar



Kyle Bruckmann's Wrack - Cracked Reflection 2012


Un album aspru, taios si intens. A se consuma (asculta) intr-o stare adecvata.











Songs:
1. Exacerbator 5:44
2. Notwithstanding 12:55
3. Ratchet Forms 9:13
4. Fair To Middling 8:25
5. The Dishevelator 7:13
6. A Shambles 10:49
7. Njbc 9:09

Musicians:

Kyle Bruckmann – oboe, English horn
Tim Daisy – percussion
Anton Hatwich – bass
Jen Clare Paulson – viola
Jason Stein – bass clarinet 



Marty Ehrlich's Rites Quartet - Frog Leg Logic 2012

Un alt album unde il regasim pe Hank Roberts, aici alaturi de Marty Ehrlich. Album care emana multa energie si care  nu trebuie ratat.










Songs::
Frog Leg Logic
Ballade
You Can Beat the Slanted Cards
Walk Along the Way
Solace
My Song
The Gravedigger's Respite

Musicians:
 Marty Ehrlich: / alto and soprano saxophone, flute
James Zollar / trumpet
Hank Roberts / cello
Michael Sarin / drums.

Hank Roberts - Everything Is Alive 2012

Hank Roberts si Bill Frisell, impreuna pe un album dupa care, imediat ce il asculti, iti vine sa te uiti la un film mai vechi de-al lui Wenders. De tras cu urechea la el.









  
Songs:
1. Crew Cut
2. Cayuga
3. Easy's Pocket
4. Treats With a Blind Dog
5. Joker's Ace
6. Open Gate
7. Necklace
8. JB
9. Sapphire
10. Sapphire Blue

Musicians:
Hank Roberts / cello, voice, jazzaphone fiddle
Bill Frisell / electric and acoustic guitars
Jerome Harris / acoustic bass guitar, acoustic guitar, voice
Kenny Wollesen / drums, percussion

Eric Marienthal - It's Love 2012

Un album cam dulceag, pentru mine cel putin, al saxofonistului american. Si cum si Valentine's Day si Dragobetele au trecut, l-am abandonat repede.










Songs:
1 – Get Here
2 – In A Sentimental Mood
3 – Can’t Buy Me Love
4 – It’s Love
5 – Two In One
6 – Costa Del Soul
7 – Babycakes
8 – Cafe Royale
09 – St. Moritz
10 – When I Found You

Musicians:
Eric Marienthal / sax
Russell Ferrante / keyboards
Gary Novak / drums
Tim Lefebvre / bass

Will Bernard Trio - Outdoor Living 2012

 Chitarist american, pe filiera John Scofield. Un album destul de bun, merita o ascultare.











Songs:
1. Nature Walk 05:38
2. Morgan Deux 05:02
3. Nooksack 05:47
4. 6B 04:59
5. Roaming Charges 07:06
6. Point Blank 03:42
7. Squeaky Chug Chug 07:07
8. Katskan 07:27
9. Implitude 03:33


Musicians:
Will Bernard / guitar
Simon Lott / drums
Wil Blades / Hammond B3



Wadada Leo Smith's Mbira - Dark Lady Of The Sonnets 2012

Cinci compozitii ale trompetistului american Wadada Leo Smith, ajuns la 70 de ani, pe un album pe care auzim si un instrument traditional chinez. De ascultat, negresit.









Songs:
1. Sarah Bell Wallace
2. Blues: Cosmic Beauty
3. Zulu Waterfall Festival
4. Dark Lady Of The Sonnets
5. Mbira

Musicians:
Wadada Leo Smith / trumpet
Pheeroan akLaff / drums
Min Xiao-Fen / Chinese pippa






Vijay Iyer Trio - Accelerando 2012

Un album dens, cerebral, dar nu lipsit de emotie, al pianistului american de origine indiana. Merita atentia.


Songs
 1. Bode 
 2. Optimism
3. The Star Of A Story
4. Human Nature [Trio Extension]
5. Wildflower
6. Mmmhmm
7 Little Pocket Size Demons
8. Lude
9. Accelerando 
10. Actions Speak
11. The Village of The Virgins

Musicians:
Vijay Iyer / piano
Stephan Crump / bass
Marcus Gilmore / drums