| Romus, Rent / Lir |
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| Album: | Lir | Collection: | Out for Review | |
| Artist: | Romus, Rent | Added: | 01/2017 | |
| Label: | Edgetone Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2017-02-08 | Pull Date: | 2017-04-12 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | 9 Apr | 2 Apr | 26 Mar | 26 Feb |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 07, 2017: | Rebop Mrna | 4. | Mar 24, 2017: | Rebop Glut4 | |
| 2. | Mar 31, 2017: | Rebop Sglt1 | 5. | Feb 25, 2017: | Music Casserole Sglt1 | |
| 3. | Mar 25, 2017: | Music Casserole Glut4 | ||||
| Album Review |
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| Be Sharp Reviewed 2017-01-12 | ||
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AVANT-GARDE JAZZ The jacket says this was recorded live in Oakland, but there’s no crowd sound at all. Perhaps that means it was a continuous take (like Ornette’s “Free Jazz”) rather than a concert. Don’t know; there’s not much info provided. The lineup here is saxes, occasional flute, cello, and drums. Two players are from Oakland; the third is from NYC. Each track fades out 5-10 sec early, except #5 which stops suddenly. All instrumental. No FCC issues. 1 * Slow. Somber & thoughtful. Melodic at times. Noises on cello. Long fade. (8:53) 2 Fast. Free improv. Atonal, harsh. Sawing on the cello. Sax at start, flute later. (8:06) 3 ** Mid-tempo then slow. Syncopated interaction. Perky, then eerie. Interesting. (7:04) 4 Slow. Drums start, with squawks on sax. Free & strange. The most avant garde.(6:51) 5 * Fast. Squawks & loud drumming. Drone on cello. Call this one acid. (2:59) | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Sglt1 | 3. | Glut4 | |||
| 2. | Lir | 4. | Trna | |||
| 5. | Mrna | |||||