Want some mellotron in your Jazz Fusion? How about some Zeuhl style bass? While we're at it, let's add some David Jackson-esque sax. Throw in some incredible drumming, and even a little vibraphone, and you have the makings of the opening track on "Bantam to Behemoth." "Birds Flying Into Buildings" sets the tone for the musical extravaganza that is Birds and Buildings.It is pretty obvious that Dan Britton and company had been pulling out their Zeuhl albums before composing this one. However, if you are familiar with Dan Britton's other projects, you can expect there is more to it. That assumption would be totally correct. Along with the Jazz, and Zeuhl aspects, there is also an infusion of a symphonic sensibility on this album. It is stronger in some tracks than others, but it is never completely absent.Unlike its name, the album does not go from Bantam to Behemoth, but rather starts as a Behemoth and stays as such during the whole of it. This is a Jazz, Avant, Zeuhlish, Symphonic, tour de force. Exciting is really the best word to describe it. No doubt this will be one of my favourites come year end!
Tracklist:
1. Birds Flying Into Buildings (9:13)
2. Terra Fire (3:36)
3. Tunguska (6:33)
4. Caution Congregates and Forms a Storm (10:53)
5. Chronicle of the Invisible River of Stone (9:19)
6. Yucatan 65: The Agitation of the Mass (10:35)
7. Chakra Khan (5:59)
8. Battalion (9:55)
9. Sunken City, Sunny Day (3:19)
Nessun commento:
Posta un commento