thanks for the review posted to the list ... we heard a promo last night,
and it completely blew me away as well ... and while i can see a few of the
references to Can, Add N To X, and Shadow on it, the music it is really
indebted to is early 70s electric jazz: Miles (Agharta, Dark Magus,
Live/Evil, Big Fun etc.), Herbie Hancock (Mwandishi stuff like Sextant,
Crossings, more than Headhunters) and Zawinul/Weather Report (say,
Sweetnighter) ... in places it's a carbon copy, but in a creative way -
he's taken the sounds, textures, and feel of the music ... and the
fundamental darkness of it ... but avoided most of the interminable solos
... and expanded it with some more contemporary inventions ... but there's
no doubt what he's drawing from ... he also seems to be 'playing' a lot of
'live' stuff on it too - fantastic keyboards and drumming as well as the
bass of course ...
it is completely brilliant (imho) - best thing he's done ...
cheers,
dan.
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