What are you listening to tonight

[PHC1]

Fusion Jazz. Very nice. I enjoyed this as a background/passive listen.




Strat Andriotis: Remember Me At Twilight


by George W. Harris • October 29, 2020

Greek born and Canadian living guitarist Strat Andriotis serves up a swinging fusion of sounds on this strong release, his fourth. He’s got a tone and sense of attack not unlike John Scofield, rich and tensile in tone, clean and polished like a restored ’61 Chevy grill, and able to swing or funk it up a bit with a flexible yet steady core team of drummer/percussionist Dave King, bassist Paul Intsom and electric pianist Howie Silverman, who supplies a lot of the soulful atmospheres.

In the quartet setting, Andriotis takes his smoky blues of a title track and relaxes the strings like a swinging hammock, deftly supported by King’s sublime cymbals, while the drummer’s backbeat creates a deep pocket for the leader to do some clean picking on “If You Only Knew”. Silverman shows he’s learned some nice tricks from his stints with boppers like Dizzy Gillespie and Art Farmer, as he gives some pretty lines with on “The Past Doesn’t Matter” .

The more fusiony moments are felt when Mahavishnu Orchestra alumnus Jerry Goodman brings in his violin to lock arms with Andriotis’ guitar and ride the tricky roller coaster of the sleek post bopper “Locked In” and the sinewy “The Drive By” which mixes fervent lines and plucking pulsations. Guest tenor saxist Aaron Heick brings in his breathy horn to meld with droplets of guitar strings for a mellifluous “BME (Big Medicated Express” as well as a muscular bopper of “Jazz Pig” with the lyrical “Endings” a true soul sacrifice.

Andriotis shows his dexterity with a reflective solo intro that eventually has him pop the clutch into overdrive on the post bopper “Passages” while the creative take of the standard “Cherokee” has King cascade into a gorgeous groove for the leader to ride like a long boarder. Versatile vibes abound-this guy has an ax that cuts sharp and deep.

www.stratmusic.net

www.innsbruckrecords.com

[PHC1]

Originally Posted by bart

Loyle Carner - Yesterday's Gone
via Qobuz



I never thought I'd be listening to hip-hop, but this is actually not bad.

I enjoy trying and discovering something new. Keeps it fresh and one either learns to appreciate the new or be glad to return to the old and proven.

[audioguy3107]

[Still-One]

Thibaut Garcia - Aranjuez

Nice MQA recording

[JemHadar]

65DAYSOFSTATIC | A Year of Wreckage (archive)

The band has moved beyond its post rock origins, moving into new uncharted territories of sound and expression. It is all pretty raw and experimental but captures the joy of exploration and adventures in algorithmic electronic music, glitch, noise ambient and stuff for which names have yet to be invented. Some tracks are more accomplished than others but the whole package of 12 releases (one release per month, 1st May 2019 - 1st April 2020) and 2 compilations is quite compelling if one is willing to venture off the beaten path and join this unique band on its journey, witnessing how they are crafting their own distinct universe of sound. It is definitely “out there” not beholden to any rulebook, dogma or convention. All tracks can be auditioned on bandcamp.

[Still-One]

Shirley Bassey - I Owe It All to You

[Waboman]

[PHC1]

Taking the new Yello album on a road trip.

[audioguy3107]

Excellent vinyl LP.

[JemHadar]

Edge of Sanity | Crimson



“[emoji869]40 minute 1 track Death Metal classic[emoji869]”