Finally a band that dares to stretch the important of the give-and-take "Jazz Fusion". This is a CD that takes the listener on a musical journeying packed alongside influences from many styles...but nada direct. The term "Jazz" used to hateful new..fresh..cutting edge. Teamed upwardly alongside the term "Fusion" ...for stone influenced, ane should facial expression about real interesting results. Uncle Moe's Space Ranch lives upwardly to the challenge! Fresh ideas, beautiful playing, sum interaction...Only a manus sum of bands inwards the concluding xx years take away hold sparked my imagination similar this one. I highly recomend this CD to anyone who longs for a breath of fresh air. Not solely is UMSR groundbreaking musicaly, simply the recording character is exceptional, giving the listener alongside a skillful organisation a REAL treat! Turn it upwardly in addition to savour the trip!
The album's outset tune, Colliding Chimps, picks upwardly where Tribal Tech's Rocket Science left off alongside Astro Chimp, pounding the listener alongside Chambers's explosive drum fills leading to a soaring stone riff. From that quest on, a gang of 5 fuzoid renegades at Uncle Moe's ushers the listener into a musical phantasmagoria never heard before. Many of the songs spiral alongside wonderfully twisted changes of styles in addition to moods, keeping the listener riveted to the chair or making her shoot through the ceiling (depending on how she reacts to pumping adrenaline).
H5N1 slew of influences are apparent on this album: skillful ol' jazz-rock, rock-jazz, Eastern music, Middle-Eastern music, techno/electronica, hip-hop, kangaroos, southern rock, funk, Allan Holdsworth, New Orleans, Tribal Tech, Robocop, heavy metal, rattlesnakes, progressive rock, etc. Yet they skillfully in addition to artfully melt them all inwards a form of tongue-twisting rock-fusion stew that defies characterization, every bit skillful fusion should defy whatever crusade for characterization. I've been listening to fusion since the early on '70s, simply I've never heard anything quite similar this.
Although each histrion is virtuosic in addition to dazzling, I hear no unloose display of ego or pomposity. On the contrary, everyone does his ain affair alongside passion in addition to kinetic energy, at times alongside a feel of off-kilter humor, contributing to brand an organic whole. This is non a "deep" slice of music, non inwards the feel of Mahavishnu; if you lot desire self-contemplative music, facial expression elsewhere. This is for the almost travel rave-up, balls-to-the-wall, jovial album sum of twisted, mesmerizing complexity that needs to last heard alongside a devil-may-care attitude. Yet the music is strangely evocative. The album is an actual proof of the proverbial: sometimes the correct combination of musicians engenders a fresh, magical result.
Dennis Chambers lays downwards his patented, continually thrilling drumming; he has a lot to exercise alongside the success of this album. What propels Uncle Moe's into high flying is his soulful drumming alongside sheer power, funk groove, in addition to pyrotechnics.
Having recorded 2 fantabulous CDs for Mark Varney's Legato label inwards the 90s, Brett Garsed in addition to T.J. Helmerich brand their debut on (brother of Mark) Mike Varney's Tone Center. They take away hold assembled a top-flight backing band: Scott Kinsey on keys, Gary Willis on bass in addition to Dennis Chambers on drums (Virgil Donati features on ane track). The presence of Kinsey in addition to Willis inwards item appears to take away hold influenced the song-writing process. The spectre of Tribal Tech in addition to Weather Report looms large throughout this superb CD.
The compositions are strong, the playing spectacular. Garsed, the bright Australian instrumentalist best known for his piece of job alongside John Farnham, is the stand-out performer. He is at the peak of his powers on this CD, displaying formidable technique in addition to impeccable gustation inwards equal measure. Kinsey, too, makes an impressive contribution, whether comping or soloing inwards a way that mightiness last described every bit neo-Zawinul. He is a important talent.
If there's been a amend fusion position out inwards 2001, I've non heard it. Highly recommended.
This is why people dear fusion!!! This is progressive music at its best! These musicians are masters of their fine art in addition to they allow you lot know it! Their instuments unite into a living in addition to breathing machine of sound. If you lot similar simple, thence this may non last for you. If that's the case, banking enterprise gibe the "elevator music" department of your local music shop for the latest "prozac jazz" releases.
Highly recommended for fans of other progressive acts such every bit "Tribal Tech", "McGill/Manring/Stevens", "Hellborg/Lane/Sipe", "Vital Tech Tones", "MacAlpine/Brunel/Chambers" in addition to "Liquid Tension Experiment".
If you lot retrieve you lot are ready, crank it in addition to nail off to the "Space Ranch"... the hereafter of fusion!!
The quaternary offering from the guitar partners Brett Garsed in addition to T.J. Helmerich finds the couplet surrounded past times about of fusion's best. The music has a distinctive Tribal Tech influence thank you lot to the presence of bassist Gary Willis, simply the guitarists' distinctive voices brand this a unique sounding quintet. Garsed's long flowing lines are complemented nicely past times Helmerich's experimental sonic adventures, which are cohesively held together past times the fantabulous supporting cast. Drummer Virgil Donati makes a memorable invitee appearance on "SighBorg," piece fusion original Dennis Chambers propels the band on the remaining tracks. The selections include the full-throttle fusion of "SighBorg," the metal-ish "Swarming Goblets," in addition to the Zappa-influenced "I Want to Be a Pine Cone," in addition to there's fifty-fifty about slide guitar on "A Thousand Days." While past times no way groundbreaking, this is an enjoyable recording from 2 of fusion's almost intelligent torchbearers.
Tracklist:
1 Colliding Chimps 6:17
2 Tjhelmerich@earthlink.net 7:04
three Swarming Coblets 7:14
4 SighBorg 7:22
5 He Is Havin' All That's His To Be Had 7:16
vi Minx 9:09
vii I Want H5N1 Pine Cone 6:42
8 H5N1 Thousand Days 5:30
ix Untitled [Hidden Track] 4:20
Personnel:
Brett Garsed - Guitar,
Dennis Chambers - Drums,
Gary Willis - Bass,
Scott Kinsey - Keyboards,
T.J. Helmerich - Guitar
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