From Bill VanLoo Sent Fri, Sep 10th 1999, 16:27
From Bill VanLoo Sent Fri, Sep 10th 1999, 16:27
you wrote:
> the first few tracks a pretty rough going. there's a throwaway track featuring a booming voice issuing the innerzone manifesto ('coltrane, blakey,' etc.), followed by a rap track that I find painful to listen to. but starting with track 5 ('eruption') things really take off (there are 14 tracks). in addition to the peculiar but satisfyling fusion numbers, some tracks stray pretty far into jazz (70's/miles vein only quite a bit shorter), as well as a great cover of a 70's (?) social realism ballad (people make the world go round) replete with strings and flute. deep flavors and a tendency to elude >cliche. A very sophisticated ear at work here, I think...
I've still not commented on the album, and I expect I'll do a full review
soon.
However.
The first few tracks are among my favorites - the album (for me) has a
smile-shaped appreciation curve, where the beginning and end are my favorites.
The sag in the middle ain't that low, though.
"Manufactured Memories" (the first track) is hardly a throwaway track, IMO. I
find it a completely compelling mixture of live percussion from Francisco Mora
and programming by Carl.
I also am incredibly up on "The beginning of the end", the "rap" track you
mention. Lack-si-daisy-cal is the MC on that track and was also their frontman
at the Montreal Jazz Festival performance (somewhat less applealing in that
role, but hey, that's life.) His solo material reminds me of Common, but his
appearance on that "Beginning of the End" is more freaked-out and abstract.
I'll post a full album review soon, but I had to throw in an alternate
viewpoint for the moment.
Cheers,
Bill / dj marathon
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