Gush [Gustaffson/Sandell/Strid / Norrkoping
Album: | Norrkoping | Collection: | Jazz | |
Artist: | Gush [Gustaffson/Sandell/Strid | Added: | Jul 2005 | |
Label: | Atavistic/Truckstop Audio |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2005-08-14 | Pull Date: | 2005-10-16 | Charts: | Jazz |
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Week Ending: | Sep 25 | Sep 18 | Sep 11 | Sep 4 | Aug 21 |
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Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Sep 23, 2005: | Memory Select
Sava |
4. | Sep 06, 2005: | Umami Jazz Program
Rhomb |
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2. | Sep 16, 2005: | Memory Select
Sava |
5. | Aug 30, 2005: | Umami Jazz Program
Sava |
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3. | Sep 13, 2005: | Umami Jazz Progam
Handpicked |
6. | Aug 19, 2005: | Memory Select
Rhomb [excerpt] |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2005-08-14
Reviewed 2005-08-14
Trio of sax, piano, drums, doing freely improvised jazz. On sax, Mats Gustafsson flashes his usual vicious style -- he's done some punk-like work in the past -- while Sten Sandell keeps things in a jazzy vein on piano. It's not one big blur, though -- the three long tracks feature plenty of casual, introspective (but fast) periods. Nice stuff that's well worth the long playing times.
1- Careful start soon blossoms into a growing aggression for just a couple minutes. Lots of concentration on restraint and texture, leaving enough space for dialogue... c.f. pause point at -8:00 when a crazy/sparse Gustafsson solo develops into a fierce duet w/piano. Last minutes are dire, fierce, passionate.
2- Quiet scratchings to start. Then quiet, sparse, long tones.
At +4:40, hammering piano solo ushers in a new phase including some exciting, dire Gustafsson wailing.
3- Vicious blowout from around -17:00 to -10:00. It's a processional feel before that -- fast playing but calm overall feel.
Around -10:00, things calm down. Then it's big and screaming near the finish.
1- Careful start soon blossoms into a growing aggression for just a couple minutes. Lots of concentration on restraint and texture, leaving enough space for dialogue... c.f. pause point at -8:00 when a crazy/sparse Gustafsson solo develops into a fierce duet w/piano. Last minutes are dire, fierce, passionate.
2- Quiet scratchings to start. Then quiet, sparse, long tones.
At +4:40, hammering piano solo ushers in a new phase including some exciting, dire Gustafsson wailing.
3- Vicious blowout from around -17:00 to -10:00. It's a processional feel before that -- fast playing but calm overall feel.
Around -10:00, things calm down. Then it's big and screaming near the finish.
Track Listing
1. | Handpicked | 3. | Rhomb | |||
2. | Sava | . |