Ndio / Airback
Album: | Airback | Collection: | General | |
Artist: | Ndio | Added: | Jan 2006 | |
Label: | Cuneiform Records |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2006-02-05 | Pull Date: | 2006-04-09 |
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Week Ending: | Feb 19 | Feb 12 |
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Airplays: | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Jul 14, 2009: | Jena & Gomorrah
Big Bombay |
4. | Feb 11, 2006: | Biff Bang Pow
Landscapes |
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2. | Feb 16, 2006: | Eran Mukamel f. Pung (sprechstimme)
Mr. Barn |
5. | Feb 09, 2006: | Rock in a Position
Landscapes |
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3. | Feb 16, 2006: | Rock in a Position
Big Bombay |
Album Review
Ben Wolfson
Reviewed 2006-02-04
Reviewed 2006-02-04
Moody fusion from a mostly Dutch band with Canterbury legend Hugh Hopper on bass. Frequently has a chamber-jazz feel.
1: Long intro to this menacing tune by Hopper previously recorded by his trio with Nick Didkovsky, Bone. It gets a lighter treatment here, but the fuzz bass part is still provides a fairly ominous, insistent basis for the soloing from the other members of the band.
2: Melodramatic intro leading to a brief freeish section, then a tighter middle section leading to solos.
3: Chamber-jazz, fairly dark tinge, especially after halfway through. Nice guitar synth work (something I never thought I'd say).
4: Piano ostinato leading into a wonderful slow trombone solo. Picks up the pace during the sax solo.
5: Fast unison head, funky, growling bass line; swinging solos.
6: This is a little smooth-sounding for my tastes in the intro, though more generously you could just say it's ambient jazz.
7: Looped intro w/ bass clarinet not unlike a Riley composition, leading into a head/solo/head structure.
8: Slow chambery intro, with long, middle-eastern-sounding melodies later; picks up the pace after about 3 minutes.
9: Pretty straight.
1: Long intro to this menacing tune by Hopper previously recorded by his trio with Nick Didkovsky, Bone. It gets a lighter treatment here, but the fuzz bass part is still provides a fairly ominous, insistent basis for the soloing from the other members of the band.
2: Melodramatic intro leading to a brief freeish section, then a tighter middle section leading to solos.
3: Chamber-jazz, fairly dark tinge, especially after halfway through. Nice guitar synth work (something I never thought I'd say).
4: Piano ostinato leading into a wonderful slow trombone solo. Picks up the pace during the sax solo.
5: Fast unison head, funky, growling bass line; swinging solos.
6: This is a little smooth-sounding for my tastes in the intro, though more generously you could just say it's ambient jazz.
7: Looped intro w/ bass clarinet not unlike a Riley composition, leading into a head/solo/head structure.
8: Slow chambery intro, with long, middle-eastern-sounding melodies later; picks up the pace after about 3 minutes.
9: Pretty straight.
Track Listing
1. | Big Bombay | 5. | Soap | |||
2. | Last Night Of The Prawns | 6. | Mind Interception | |||
3. | Mr. Barn | 7. | Stromboli | |||
4. | Landscapes | 8. | Bone | |||
9. | Wise Men |