Helbock, David's Random/Control / Think Of Two
| Album: | Think Of Two | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Helbock, David's Random/Control | Added: | Jan 2014 | |
| Label: | Traumton Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2014-01-24 | Pull Date: | 2014-03-28 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Mar 30 | Mar 23 | Mar 16 | Mar 9 | Mar 2 | Feb 23 | Feb 16 | Feb 9 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 06, 2022: | No Cover, No Minimum (rebroadcast from Nov 23, 2017)
Voa, Ilza |
4. | Mar 23, 2017: | No Cover, No Minimum
Voa, Ilza |
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| 2. | Nov 23, 2017: | No Cover, No Minimum
Voa, Ilza |
5. | Jun 06, 2014: | No Cover, No Minimum
Raise Four |
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| 3. | Aug 17, 2017: | No Cover, No Minimum
Nas Quebradas |
6. | Mar 28, 2014: | No Cover, No Minimum
Trinkle Tinkle |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2014-01-22
Reviewed 2014-01-22
DAVID HELBOCK’S RANDOM/CONTROL: Think of Two
Traumton, 2014
POSTMODERN JAZZ – Yowza! This German “piano trio” actually accounts for about 30 instruments between them as they create utterly insane, mind-blowing covers of tunes by Thelonious Monk (even tracks) and Brazilian legend Hermeto Pascoal (odd tracks). The texture and instrumentation changes constantly as the tunes hurl headlong between catchy riffs, silly noises, moments of free improvisation. It’s crazed and ridiculous and FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC! Play it all!
Fo’s Picks: Try any track.
1. 5:19 – maniacally happy, toe-tapping groove jumps all over the place
2. 7:05 – slow and mysterious, hauntingly beautiful balladry, gentle abstraction
3. 5:40 – upbeat & super-playful: horns & piano solo against loose, wiggly riffs
4. 6:19 – insanity: silly noises, chugging riff, slow mosey, lather rinse repeat!
5. 8:18 – moody prepared piano & quiet horn, upbeat Brazilian, brief madness
6. 4:20 – relaxed stroll with toys & dissonant horns, repetitive yet changing
7. 7:14 – tropical riffing slips into a rolling propulsion, repeatedly fractures
8. 7:10 – slow & random; bass clarinet, electronic drone diversion, ends gently
9. 0:56 – brief jumble of melodies and improve noises; freaky vocal break
10. 6:19 – upbeat, rolling, stays on its toes, flips out in the middle & at the end
11. 7:11 – very slow, wide open ballad, achingly delicate into lovely melody
12. 12:07 – gongs & drone, sneaky riffs, jabbing piano, happy jazz, lazy lope… ends after 7:00, one-minute of silence, hidden latin-exotica track
[ Fo ] - 22 January 2014
Traumton, 2014
POSTMODERN JAZZ – Yowza! This German “piano trio” actually accounts for about 30 instruments between them as they create utterly insane, mind-blowing covers of tunes by Thelonious Monk (even tracks) and Brazilian legend Hermeto Pascoal (odd tracks). The texture and instrumentation changes constantly as the tunes hurl headlong between catchy riffs, silly noises, moments of free improvisation. It’s crazed and ridiculous and FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC! Play it all!
Fo’s Picks: Try any track.
1. 5:19 – maniacally happy, toe-tapping groove jumps all over the place
2. 7:05 – slow and mysterious, hauntingly beautiful balladry, gentle abstraction
3. 5:40 – upbeat & super-playful: horns & piano solo against loose, wiggly riffs
4. 6:19 – insanity: silly noises, chugging riff, slow mosey, lather rinse repeat!
5. 8:18 – moody prepared piano & quiet horn, upbeat Brazilian, brief madness
6. 4:20 – relaxed stroll with toys & dissonant horns, repetitive yet changing
7. 7:14 – tropical riffing slips into a rolling propulsion, repeatedly fractures
8. 7:10 – slow & random; bass clarinet, electronic drone diversion, ends gently
9. 0:56 – brief jumble of melodies and improve noises; freaky vocal break
10. 6:19 – upbeat, rolling, stays on its toes, flips out in the middle & at the end
11. 7:11 – very slow, wide open ballad, achingly delicate into lovely melody
12. 12:07 – gongs & drone, sneaky riffs, jabbing piano, happy jazz, lazy lope… ends after 7:00, one-minute of silence, hidden latin-exotica track
[ Fo ] - 22 January 2014
Track Listing
| 1. | Voa, Ilza | 7. | Tupizando | |||
| 2. | 'round Midnight | 8. | Pannonica | |||
| 3. | Nas Quebradas | 9. | Palhinha Do Hermeto E Da Aline | |||
| 4. | Raise Four | 10. | Para Hermeto | |||
| 5. | Música Das Nuvens E Do Chão | 11. | Floresta | |||
| 6. | Trinkle Tinkle | 12. | Think Of One |