New Haven Improvisers Collective / Interference
Album: | Interference | Collection: | Jazz | |
Artist: | New Haven Improvisers Collective | Added: | Sep 2008 | |
Label: | Self-Release |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2008-11-16 | Pull Date: | 2009-01-18 | Charts: | Jazz |
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Week Ending: | Jan 18 | Jan 11 | Jan 4 | Dec 28 | Dec 14 | Nov 30 | Nov 23 |
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Airplays: | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Jan 16, 2009: | Memory Select
Avenue B |
4. | Jan 02, 2009: | Memory Select
At Least There's Pretty Lights |
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2. | Jan 14, 2009: | Hand Wash in Coleslaw
Chords |
5. | Jan 02, 2009: | Music Casserole
Microkairos |
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3. | Jan 06, 2009: | The Long Form
Quantum Decoherence |
6. | Dec 31, 2008: | Memory Select, Weds. edition
Elastic Moods And Paper Shirt Criminals |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2008-11-14
Reviewed 2008-11-14
A cross between calmer King Crimson, chamber music, and avant-jazz. There's something even a bit proggy about these artsy, heavily improvised instrumentals. Two guitars, viola, and woodwinds take the forefront -- the guitars, especially, steer things towards a minimalist one-note hopping or a Crimson-like, rock-informed flow. There's also a solo wordless vocalist, and of course bass and drums. Artsy modern-musical fun, not too academic.
1- Klezmer: Slow , drawn out intro, then midtempo popping guitars, almost King Crimson-like
2- Cool, scratchy viola groove
3-6 - Thirty-second minatures. #5 is fun and messy. #6 is goofy.
7- (18:10) Grand, slow start, into some quirky guitar/sax work. Stops at +5:43 for a staggery, avant-jazzy zone with cool bass and skittish guitars. Quiet zone midway, contemplative, even mystical. Ends with some aggressive bursts and pulses.
8- Pulsy stabs and stop/starts. Kinda cool.
9- Monk cover!
10- A boingy 27 seconds.
11- Vocals! A breathy and sometimes intense piece.
12- Stiff pulse, goofy little embellishments. Controlled mess!
13- Breezy and a bit exotic, with wandering sax
14- A drifting landscape. Distant and mysterious, but develops a cool beat later
15- Low-key but active, towards a dark, questioning crescendo
16-19 - More minatures, a bit sillier than the first set.
20- Searing, nearly bluesy guitar.
21- Fairly fast and tense.
22- Monk again! But done in a stranger, more chaotic way
1- Klezmer: Slow , drawn out intro, then midtempo popping guitars, almost King Crimson-like
2- Cool, scratchy viola groove
3-6 - Thirty-second minatures. #5 is fun and messy. #6 is goofy.
7- (18:10) Grand, slow start, into some quirky guitar/sax work. Stops at +5:43 for a staggery, avant-jazzy zone with cool bass and skittish guitars. Quiet zone midway, contemplative, even mystical. Ends with some aggressive bursts and pulses.
8- Pulsy stabs and stop/starts. Kinda cool.
9- Monk cover!
10- A boingy 27 seconds.
11- Vocals! A breathy and sometimes intense piece.
12- Stiff pulse, goofy little embellishments. Controlled mess!
13- Breezy and a bit exotic, with wandering sax
14- A drifting landscape. Distant and mysterious, but develops a cool beat later
15- Low-key but active, towards a dark, questioning crescendo
16-19 - More minatures, a bit sillier than the first set.
20- Searing, nearly bluesy guitar.
21- Fairly fast and tense.
22- Monk again! But done in a stranger, more chaotic way
Track Listing
1. | Elastic Moods And Paper Shirt Criminals | 12. | Oberek Sokkyo | |||
2. | Microkairos | 13. | Darkmatter | |||
3. | Miniature | 14. | Gutted And Wired | |||
4. | Nhic Meets The Mummy | 15. | Chords | |||
5. | Trace Ernesto's Pensivity | 16. | Infinity Mirror | |||
6. | Whisper | 17. | Twain | |||
7. | Quantum Decoherence | 18. | Coin | |||
8. | 9-3-7-1-6 | 19. | At Least There's Pretty Lights | |||
9. | Straight No Chaser | 20. | Avenue B | |||
10. | Beatniks Revolt! (In Miniature) | 21. | Gravity | |||
11. | To Gorge | 22. | Straight No Chaser |