Thee Unhip
Jazz
| Nov 2012
Reviews
Fo
Reviewed 2012-11-10
Reviewed 2012-11-10
RENT ROMUS’ LORDS OF OUTLAND: Thee Unhip
9 Winds, 2012
FREE JAZZ / EXPERIMENTAL – The latest from this Bay Area improv outfit blends raucous free jams with creepy, electronic-laced sci-fi soundscapes. There’s plenty of gristle in this group to begin with, and the electronics spin them off balance and into utterly bizarre realms.
Experimental fans try any. Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 4, 7, 9
1. 3:47 – pulsating intro, then freewheeling trumpet/sax solos over fast rhythm
2. 5:57 – a low, creepy crawl with dark electronic swirls under the sax
3. 5:58 – weird improv with horn vocalizations, robot squeaks, big surge & fall
4. 5:11 – slow, starts like a hall of mirrors, gets into crunchy spinning improv
5. 3:47 – jabbing sax/electronics vs trumpet squeak & whine, peters out
6. 4:36 – a wall of steel wool: harsh electronic haze and chattering squeals
7. 5:34 – dissonant horns in a bubbling maze, gets bouncy/insistent/marching
8. 4:57 – riffing avant-jazz theme falls into free wander over hyper percussion
9. 6:14 – slow sax/bass roam through a world of annoying, buzzing electronics
10. 9:24 – tweaky electronic soundscape; alien sax fanfare; speedy improv
[ Fo ] - 10 November 2012
9 Winds, 2012
FREE JAZZ / EXPERIMENTAL – The latest from this Bay Area improv outfit blends raucous free jams with creepy, electronic-laced sci-fi soundscapes. There’s plenty of gristle in this group to begin with, and the electronics spin them off balance and into utterly bizarre realms.
Experimental fans try any. Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 4, 7, 9
1. 3:47 – pulsating intro, then freewheeling trumpet/sax solos over fast rhythm
2. 5:57 – a low, creepy crawl with dark electronic swirls under the sax
3. 5:58 – weird improv with horn vocalizations, robot squeaks, big surge & fall
4. 5:11 – slow, starts like a hall of mirrors, gets into crunchy spinning improv
5. 3:47 – jabbing sax/electronics vs trumpet squeak & whine, peters out
6. 4:36 – a wall of steel wool: harsh electronic haze and chattering squeals
7. 5:34 – dissonant horns in a bubbling maze, gets bouncy/insistent/marching
8. 4:57 – riffing avant-jazz theme falls into free wander over hyper percussion
9. 6:14 – slow sax/bass roam through a world of annoying, buzzing electronics
10. 9:24 – tweaky electronic soundscape; alien sax fanfare; speedy improv
[ Fo ] - 10 November 2012
Recent airplay
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Tropic Of Quasimodo
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Dedication To Lake Kraken Of Titan Off The Shores Of Saturn
minimum entropy ii — Dec 06, 2012
Tropic Of Quasimodo
Rebop — Nov 27, 2012
Charting
2012-11-11 — 2013-01-13
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Jan 13 | 1 |
| Dec 30 | 1 |
| Dec 9 | 2 |
| Dec 2 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | If Ornette Grew Cacti | ||
| 2. | The Blind Dead Ride Again | ||
| 3. | Panic Of The Plutarcs | ||
| 4. | Get Hit | ||
| 5. | Sledge Of Hedge | ||
| 6. | Spaceway Transport | ||
| 7. | Tropic Of Quasimodo | ||
| 8. | Temple Of Dolphy | ||
| 9. | Jellied Pighead | ||
| 10. | Dedication To Lake Kraken Of Titan Off The Shores Of Saturn |