Chicago Underground Duo / Boca Negra
| Album: | Boca Negra | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Chicago Underground Duo | Added: | Jan 2010 | |
| Label: | Thrill Jockey Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2010-04-04 | Pull Date: | 2010-06-06 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Jun 6 | May 30 | May 23 | May 2 | Apr 25 | Apr 18 | Apr 11 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 25, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum
Spy On The Floor |
4. | May 22, 2010: | Music Casserole
Laughing With The Sun |
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| 2. | Jun 03, 2010: | Memory Select
Laughing With The Sun |
5. | May 01, 2010: | Music Casserole
Confliction |
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| 3. | May 27, 2010: | Memory Select
Left Hand Of Darkness |
6. | Apr 29, 2010: | Memory Select
Left Hand Of Darkness |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2010-04-04
Reviewed 2010-04-04
CHICAGO UNDERGROUND DUO: Boca Negra
Thrill Jockey, 2009
AVANT-GARDE – Duets by Rob Mazurek and Chad Taylor (mixing it up with cornet/flute/drums/percussion/electronics/etc.). Some tracks are freely improvised, all have a wandering nature. These guys have been working together a long time, and that experience shows in a tight cohesion of musical conception despite the wide-ranging repertoire.
* * * * | All interesting. Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10
1. 7:08 – cornet & flute wander over deep rumbling drums, many little grooves
2. 4:26 – gloopy sounds: thumb piano, squeaks & electronics; becomes a walk
3. 7:25 – quiet but dense layers, spare vibes and trilling cornet buried in mix
4. 4:41 – like #2: slow sci-fi abstraction transmutes into very quiet folksy stroll
5. 6:24 – stark, dramatic piano/cornet intro; shifts into a ballsy rockin’ jam
6. 4:40 – pretty electronics, spiraling melodic patterns
7. 6:39 – relentless, rolling drum & filtered cornet jam, mysterioso spy vibes
8. 5:25 – grungy distortion effects warp a very pretty kalimba/cornet folksong
9. 4:08 – scattered electronic reverb-fest; a processional from another planet
10. 4:55 – dreamy electronic groove; relaxed horn, spare drums, pretty gongs
[ Fo ] 04/04/10
Thrill Jockey, 2009
AVANT-GARDE – Duets by Rob Mazurek and Chad Taylor (mixing it up with cornet/flute/drums/percussion/electronics/etc.). Some tracks are freely improvised, all have a wandering nature. These guys have been working together a long time, and that experience shows in a tight cohesion of musical conception despite the wide-ranging repertoire.
* * * * | All interesting. Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10
1. 7:08 – cornet & flute wander over deep rumbling drums, many little grooves
2. 4:26 – gloopy sounds: thumb piano, squeaks & electronics; becomes a walk
3. 7:25 – quiet but dense layers, spare vibes and trilling cornet buried in mix
4. 4:41 – like #2: slow sci-fi abstraction transmutes into very quiet folksy stroll
5. 6:24 – stark, dramatic piano/cornet intro; shifts into a ballsy rockin’ jam
6. 4:40 – pretty electronics, spiraling melodic patterns
7. 6:39 – relentless, rolling drum & filtered cornet jam, mysterioso spy vibes
8. 5:25 – grungy distortion effects warp a very pretty kalimba/cornet folksong
9. 4:08 – scattered electronic reverb-fest; a processional from another planet
10. 4:55 – dreamy electronic groove; relaxed horn, spare drums, pretty gongs
[ Fo ] 04/04/10
Track Listing
| 1. | Green Ants | 6. | Hermeto | |||
| 2. | Left Hand Of Darkness | 7. | Spy On The Floor | |||
| 3. | Broken Shadows | 8. | Laughing With The Sun | |||
| 4. | Quantum Eye | 9. | Roots And Shooting Stars | |||
| 5. | Confliction | 10. | Vergence |