DAVE REMPIS / DARREN JOHNSON / LARRY OCHS - SPECTRAL
Wonderfully
complicated reed lines from the team of Dave Rempis on alto and Larry Ochs on
tenor and sopranino sax – augmented here by trumpeter Darren Johnson, whose
instrumental tones are a perfect fit for the record! The style of the set's a
bit like some of Ochs' early material with Rova Sax Quartet – especially the
way all three players are very interested in finding a sonic space in which
they can resonate together, then burst out with very individual inspiration.
The tracks all feel very improvised, but with a strongly conscious quality that
makes each new sound a delight! Titles include "Traction",
"Wrinkle Wrankle", "Iterated Integrals", "The
Drop", and "Cheek & Bones".~ Dusty Groove
DAVE REMPIS / LASSE MARHAUG - NAANCORE
Dave
Rempis really goes over the top here – and Lasse Marhaug provides some bold
electronics to match! Rempis turns in some of the most frenetic work we've ever
heard him do on alto sax – and Marhaug races to keep up and collaborate with
him on a range of electronic flourishes – bits of noise, static, and other
transmissions – which often blow out from the speakers at a level that feels
like a meaner, nastier version of what Dave is doing with his reeds! Each side
of the album features a long improvisation from the pair – and titles include
"Skinning The Poke" and "Strategikon". (Limited to 300
copies. Includes download.) ~ Dusty Groove
M1, BRIAN JACKSON & THE NEW MIDNIGHT BAND - EVOLUTIONARY MINDED: FURTHERING THE LEGACY OF GIL SCOTT-HERON
Soul
satisfying grooves, vocals, rap and spoken word swirl together with socio-political
visions on Evolutionary Minded, a star-studded collaboration of hip-hop, jazz
and soul A-Listers including Dead Prez, Chuck D, Gregory Porter, and Azar
Lawrence. Talented new producer Kentyah collaborates here with original
Midnight Band keyboardist/composer Brian Jackson to brilliantly build upon and
expand the legacy of Gil Scott Heron, forefather of socially-conscious rap. Tracks
include: Offering; All We Got feat M1, Martin Luther; Voice of the People Juma
Sultan; Liberation Psychology feat Bobby Seale, M1; Opponent feat Dead Prez,
Martin Luther; Winter In America feat Martin Luther, M1;. It's a Time Warp;. Go
Ahead On feat Bobby Seale;. Recurring
Cycles feat M1;. Losin' Our Minds feat Gregory Porter; Headhunters;. Occupy Planet Earth feat Chuck
D, M1, Gregory Porter; Tradition feat Abiodun Oyewole; and Song of the Wind
feat Gregory Porter.
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