Ask The Oracle / Ask The Oracle
| Album: | Ask The Oracle | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Ask The Oracle | Added: | Jan 2012 | |
| Label: | Resonant Music | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2012-01-29 | Pull Date: | 2012-04-01 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Apr 1 | Mar 25 | Mar 18 | Feb 26 | Feb 19 | Feb 5 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 30, 2012: | No Cover, $5 Minimum
Ass Gamelan |
4. | Feb 24, 2012: | No Cover, No Minimum
Scattered Through The Strings |
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| 2. | Mar 23, 2012: | No Cover, No Minimum
Ass Gamelan |
5. | Feb 20, 2012: | Ghost Trees
Ass Gamelan |
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| 3. | Mar 12, 2012: | Ghost Trees
Scattered Through The Strings |
6. | Feb 19, 2012: | Memory Select
Ass Gamelan |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2012-01-28
Reviewed 2012-01-28
ASK THE ORACLE: Ask the Oracle!
Resonantmusic, 2011
AVANT-GARDE – This lumpy, exciting quintet out of Toronto goes heavy on the percussion and incorporates lots of “world” sounds into their mix – most of the guys double on a standard jazz instrument and something more exotic such as hojok (Korean reed) or guzheng (Chinese zither). Sometimes dives into wild noise (4,6,8) but other tracks stay just melodic and/or grooving enough to be accessible.
Try any. Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 5, 6
1. 4:31 – stomping sound: blaring monotone sax & surf guitar over big drums
2. 6:08 – churning pseudo-gamelan metallic groove; slurred saxes slide on top
3. 6:14 – relaxed mbira (thumb piano) & asian flute, becomes gently chaotic
4. 1:46 – a quick burst: fast improv freakout
5. 4:49 – turbulent: low guzheng & breathy sax tones, atmospheric percussion
6. 5:48 – energy: sax & hojok fanfare blares over wild free-jazz percussion
7. 4:43 – strummed tanbour (lute) & wailing sax in slow-churned rhythmic slop
8. 5:39 – loud! bass intro; big bleating horn blasts take over and don’t let go
[ Fo ] - January 2012
Resonantmusic, 2011
AVANT-GARDE – This lumpy, exciting quintet out of Toronto goes heavy on the percussion and incorporates lots of “world” sounds into their mix – most of the guys double on a standard jazz instrument and something more exotic such as hojok (Korean reed) or guzheng (Chinese zither). Sometimes dives into wild noise (4,6,8) but other tracks stay just melodic and/or grooving enough to be accessible.
Try any. Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 5, 6
1. 4:31 – stomping sound: blaring monotone sax & surf guitar over big drums
2. 6:08 – churning pseudo-gamelan metallic groove; slurred saxes slide on top
3. 6:14 – relaxed mbira (thumb piano) & asian flute, becomes gently chaotic
4. 1:46 – a quick burst: fast improv freakout
5. 4:49 – turbulent: low guzheng & breathy sax tones, atmospheric percussion
6. 5:48 – energy: sax & hojok fanfare blares over wild free-jazz percussion
7. 4:43 – strummed tanbour (lute) & wailing sax in slow-churned rhythmic slop
8. 5:39 – loud! bass intro; big bleating horn blasts take over and don’t let go
[ Fo ] - January 2012
Track Listing
| 1. | Surfing To Canada | 5. | Scattered Through The Strings | |||
| 2. | Ass Gamelan | 6. | Why Is The Devil Here? | |||
| 3. | Before The Clouds Come | 7. | Dance With A Jinn | |||
| 4. | Tag Track Locate | 8. | Curse Of The Horns |