We will admit to enjoying the work of Steve Reich, Paganini, Sun Ra, Terry Riley, Ornette Coleman, James Chance, Lightning Bolt, DNA, Thelonious Monk, Steve Vai, Wagner, Glenn Branca, Burzum, Cluster, Anamanaguchi, Don Caballero, Merzbow, MBV, Gene Krupa, Oren Ambarchi, Debussy, Erik Satie etc etc
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A review of first album by Evan Davies....
'Berets will burn and goatees will be singed upon contact with the megaton blasts of free-form psyche-jazz contained in this set. Depending on your viewpoint, this set is either meticulously arranged or a shambolic, churning mess. Like a household tabby gone feral, at no stage do the arpeggiated piano lines threaten to come back ‘inside’. Horn lines fall in on one another amidst skittering and seemingly arbitrary percussion. Rest assured that there will be no resolving ii-V-i progressions here, ladies and gentleman. A word of warning: the lyrics cover highly irregular subject matter that would frankly make most jazz enthusiasts blush. ‘Take Off That Monacle’ is certainly a purist’s worst nightmare, but if one were to shed their tired preconceptions about what jazz should be and embrace the challenges posed by this wild, neo-experimental freak-out, one would be richly rewarded indeed...Best tracks: Northern Girl, Cat Soup...Score: 8/10'
avant jazz terror, zion awaits! homeward bound, via the cosmos
improvisation + experimentation = j.a.z.z, not jazz
straight outta perth into your soul
peace
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I'd been thinking that Mankind had exhausted his creative depths but i was wrong. Your jives are real free man, real free, but not so free that you lose touch with your melodic progression or audience, which i think is important for all musical communication. You have rekindled the creativity and love in me, i'm dusting off my old marimba and 'taking care of business' (an old jazz phrase Bobby McFerrin and I use to use when describing the merging of melodical improvisation with cosmic harmonicness). Thanks J.A.Z.Z Crack!
