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EGG3 - BUTCHER RED
From the norwegian label CCAP KNIRK comes this
release by the british-norwegian trio EGG3. Vidar Schanche wrote all the compositions and plays guitar. Simon Kaylor plays baritone sax, Stale Birkeland drums. As a member of the Leeds_based music collective LIMA, Schanche got an idea for a trio that he now realized with Egg3. It is a powertrio with an explosive mixture of jazz and rock that has similarities with bands like Mr.Bungle, Fantomas, Naked City, a.o..
All three players participate and engage on the same high energy level. In the opening title track "Butcher Red" however they seem not really awake, as the piece moves forward in a plumb and sluggish way. But with the second piece "Revenge of the Chicken" they pick up speed and the music becomes more aggressive and powerful. But this speed metal jazz is only one face of the trio. In "Easteregg" they show themselves from their lyrical and friendly side with what sounds almost as an traditional folkdance. A very surprising combination. And it works. Another contrast is reached with the closing piece "The Chickens are not what they seem", a short but superfluous Tom Waits-like ballad. Egg3 do a well crafted job with some very convincing tunes ("Dr Bucket") and an original concept. (DM)
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Med en slik besetning er det nærliggende åsammenligne bandet både med Morphine og med Zu. Jazz og improvisasjonsmusikk ligger i bunn, men lydbildet er også preget av rock, gjerne av det hardere slaget, og en slags punkattityde. Instrumentbeherskelsen og det rytmiske spillet har jazzens dimensjoner, mens energien peker i punkretning.
Låtene er gode; varierte, men samtidig enhetlige, med stor grad av komponerte elementer som samtidig åpner uttrykket også for improvisasjonene. Låtene preges av korte motiver, et fokus på rytmiske figurer og flotte bassganger gjennom det hele - også bassganger spredt over hele trioen.
«Easteregg» minner om en slags blanding av John Zorn og CocoRosie, mens «The chickens are not what they seem» er en Tom Waits-pastisj.
En tøff og vellykket plate.
ERIK STEINSKOG Bergens Tidene
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