Gratkowski/Van Hove/Oxley / Grathovox
Album: Grathovox   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Gratkowski/Van Hove/Oxley   Added:Sep 2002
Label:Nuscope Recordings  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2002-10-07 Pull Date: 2002-12-09 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Nov 3 Oct 27
Airplays: 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Nov 01, 2002: Memory Select
Tiddledit
2. Oct 25, 2002: Memory Select
Carrousel

Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2002-10-03
Improvised jazz (sax, piano, drums) with a calm feel overall, even though the piano and drums provide fast spurts of noise. Somehow it all gels into a languid kind of groove.

There's some explosive moments, though -- see the later parts of #2 or the middle of #7.

1- Tense and lingering, very quiet.
2- Lots of sparkly piano; builds at a cautious pace from near-silence to outright loudness.
3- Quick and scattery, but still a languid feel
4- Faster-flowing sax, lots of clackety drums
5- Drifty, murky, with accordion
6- Eerie

7- Nineteen-minute piece that starts quietly active, moves into a grand, furious middle section, and ends very quietly.

8- Scattery little piece, nice

Track Listing
1. Tartar   5. Foreplay (Vorspiel)
2. Carrousel   6. Witchy
3. Tiddledit   7. Trenches (Tranches)
4. Batons Rompus   8. Final Bounce