Tulips

Jazz | Aug 2019

Reviews

DJ Away
Reviewed 2019-08-20
First album by this Chicago free improvisation group featuring people who’ve played in Califone, Iron & Wine, and Cursive. Four jams, two long and two short. Very groovy, approaching experimental jazz fusion like Miles in the seventies. Oren Ambarchi also comes to mind. Far out, gnarly, very good. Favorites: 2, 4. No words, no FCCs.

1. (2:27)—Boom-bap beat, synth noise.
2. *(24:40)—Mid-tempo, funky, steady. Wah guitars, synth noise, slow-burning sci-fi textures, sax and flute. Sun Ra zones.
3. (1:26)—Clips of electronic noise, soft drums.
4. *(22:17)—Starts with sliding layers of lovely, pastoral jazz, kinda like A Love Supreme with electronics, and moves toward krautrock.

Recent airplay

Tulips
Music CasseroleDec 28, 2019
Economic Bubbles
EverythingDec 16, 2019
Tulips
Being as an oceanNov 28, 2019
Witch Mania
Witch Mania
Hella Mixed Radio HourOct 31, 2019

Charting

2019-10-18 — 2019-12-20 Jazz, Classical/Experimental
Week EndingAirplays
Dec 22 1
Dec 1 1
Nov 17 1
Nov 10 1
Nov 3 2
Oct 27 2

Track listing

1. Economic Bubbles
2. Witch Mania
3. Alchemists
4. Tulips