| Shipp, Matthew / Equilibrium |
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| Album: | Equilibrium | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Shipp, Matthew | Added: | 01/2003 | |
| Label: | Thirsty Ear Communication | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2003-01-20 | Pull Date: | 2003-03-24 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | 23 Mar | 16 Mar | 9 Mar | 2 Mar | 23 Feb | 16 Feb | 9 Feb | 2 Feb |
| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 09, 2006: | Radio Of Imagination Cohesion | 4. | Mar 19, 2003: | Umami Jazz Program Nu Matrix | |
| 2. | Mar 26, 2003: | Umami Jazz Program Cohesion | 5. | Mar 13, 2003: | The Digital/Analog War The Root | |
| 3. | Mar 21, 2003: | Memory Select Equilibrium | 6. | Mar 12, 2003: | Umami Jazz Program The Key |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2003-01-19 | ||
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Shipp's new focus has been on a combination of big piano chords with backing rhythms drawn from hip-hop and electronica. It comes out with a dark and stormy sound, with solid beats ... admittedly repetitious but with a strong jazz-piano lead. This is his second or third (?) album playing with the concept, and I don't think he's nailed it 100% yet, although this effort comes closest to the mark. Individual tracks are excellent, but his ideas aren't rich enough to fill the whole album. Khan Jamal on vibes lends a nice coolness to the tracks. 1- Slow and serious, a contemplative Keith-Jarrett place 2*- Big stormy beats, dark piano riff 3- Slow, groany sounds 4*- Midtempo, with drum-machine-sounding drums. Most energetic track on here 5- Fluid lounge-piano sound with twinge of menace 6- One minute of big bop chording. Nice but pointless. 7*- Strong beat, laid-back feel 8*- Cool jazz walk 9- Darkly ambient | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Equilibrium | 5. | World of Blue Glass | |||
| 2. | Vamp to Vibe | 6. | Portal | |||
| 3. | Nebula Theory | 7. | The Root | |||
| 4. | Cohesion | 8. | The Key | |||
| 9. | Nu Matrix | |||||