Shipp, Matthew / Symbol Systems
| Album: | Symbol Systems | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Shipp, Matthew | Added: | Apr 1996 | |
| Label: | No More Records | |||
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 05, 2007: | Memory Select
Symbol Systems |
4. | Feb 05, 2003: | Umami Jazz Program
Clocks |
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| 2. | May 02, 2006: | Umami Jazz Program
Algebraic Boogie |
5. | Dec 02, 2002: | This is What 15 Years of Radio Have Done to Me
Clocks |
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| 3. | Mar 26, 2003: | Umami Jazz Program
The Highway |
6. | Feb 09, 2001: | Umami Jazz Program
Harmonic Oscillator |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2006-02-17
Reviewed 2006-02-17
(This review was written by Eva, circa 1996):
"FANTASTIC solo piano from Matthew Shipp, one of the most distinctive and intriguing musicians around. Shipp's style is a unique fusion of jazz and classical -- not necessarily contempo -- with dense, strange harmonies, lots of bass, and a fluid, quirky rhythmic touch. Very intense music with an almost industrial quality at times.
"1- Wonderful rolling sounds, sometimes delicate but not pretty, rumbling bass, almost industrial-sounding banging
"2- Repetitious melody composed of dense chords, some trickling lines of single notes
"5- Nice off-kilter swinging reminiscent of Monk but with deep bass punctuation
"6- First consonant, then ever more dissonant classical-like form and regular motion
"7- More like a ballad
"8- Fast runs, great working out of motifs
"10- His version of bebop, taking off in its own direction
"12- Insane boogie-woogie buried within dense crashing sounds.
"All tracks are good -- these are just favorites."
"FANTASTIC solo piano from Matthew Shipp, one of the most distinctive and intriguing musicians around. Shipp's style is a unique fusion of jazz and classical -- not necessarily contempo -- with dense, strange harmonies, lots of bass, and a fluid, quirky rhythmic touch. Very intense music with an almost industrial quality at times.
"1- Wonderful rolling sounds, sometimes delicate but not pretty, rumbling bass, almost industrial-sounding banging
"2- Repetitious melody composed of dense chords, some trickling lines of single notes
"5- Nice off-kilter swinging reminiscent of Monk but with deep bass punctuation
"6- First consonant, then ever more dissonant classical-like form and regular motion
"7- More like a ballad
"8- Fast runs, great working out of motifs
"10- His version of bebop, taking off in its own direction
"12- Insane boogie-woogie buried within dense crashing sounds.
"All tracks are good -- these are just favorites."
Track Listing
| 1. | Clocks | 8. | Flow of Meaning | |||
| 2. | Harmonic Oscillator | 9. | Dance of the Blue Atoms | |||
| 3. | Temperate Zone | 10. | Bop Abyss | |||
| 4. | Symbol Systems | 11. | Nerve Signals | |||
| 5. | The Highway | 12. | Algebraic Boogie | |||
| 6. | Self-Regulated Motion | 13. | The Inventor Pt 1 | |||
| 7. | Frame | 14. | The Inventor Pt 2 |