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Dog Soup is a band led by trumpeter Robbie Robson, with John Turville on Rhodes/Fx, Johnny Brierley on Bass and Tim Giles on Drums. They are an increasingly unified group that explores original material in the spirit of Miles Davis's 1970s album 'Bitches Brew'. The band revisit the seething electronic stew that constituted the music of the 1970's free jazz/rock scene, blurring the distinctions between gritty, dark grooves, electronic sounds, loops and samples and free group improvisation.
“…the quartet summons a darkly beautiful sound full of snarling tension and suppressed aggression like a panther in a cage…
…Robson seems more interested in textures and employing layered sounds in a painterly way as a subtle composition tool. It’s there as a presence throughout the album- and especially on the aptly-named track ‘Shimmer’. Opening with a mirage-like soundscape, the piece opens out into tumbling trumpet echoes that set the scene for a shimmering, free-form tone poem, with John Turville’s exquisite electric piano curlicues expanding gently like slow ripples in a pond.
…six originals by Robson that, with a basic modal framework, powerfully convey a sense of freedom and of wide-open spaces. At the heart of this is an unhurried, organic approach to group improvisation, with no individual player shoved into the glare of the spotlight but, rather, the group negotiating spontaneous developments as a single, unified entity.”
Daniel Spicer, Jazzwise
“Robson, sampling and remodulating his trumpet tones, let his notes ooze in and out, their edges as hazy as Mark Rothko’s luminescent colour slabs. John Turville’s strangely distorted Rhodes-piano chords recalled Dali’s melted fob-watch. Be warned: Dog Soup before bedtime leaves you with feverishly vivid pictures.”
Jack Massarik, Evening Standard
“Trumpeter Robbie Robson had produced six sparks, on this album, which are then slowly fanned into flames…
…The result is a rich brew of spearing, often electronically treated trumpet, alternately snarling and shimmering keyboards and rustling, restlessly probing drums, all selflessly held together and subtly propelled by Brierley's hypnotic bass. The band's viscerally affecting sound is undoubtedly best experienced live, but this magnificently moody, multi-hued studio album is a tasty appetiser. Recommended.”
Chris Parker
Hi Rob, great to find you on here and sorry I've taken so long to get myself up and running on MySpace! I do indeed play a lot up in London, though I'm going into hiding for a couple of months now to learn some new stuff... Let me know when you have a gig.
Hey Robbie - did you check Gwil's broadcast - you sounded wicked! Give us a buzz if you fancy taking a spin in my new wheels!! Must be nearly flugel o'clock.... Noel x
Hi Robbie - cool site - love this music to death.
You are about to get a new neighbour, me!
Moving to Upper Sundon (Eclipse Valley)next week - will be popping round to borrow cups of sugar etc.
See you on Gwil's gig if not before. Love. Noel.
Thanks for the add guys! Great music!
Feel free to come to EGG3 gig (www.myspace.com/eggthree) at the con cellar bar in Camden Monday 8th, music from nine.
