Flora
Reviews
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2003-06-22
Reviewed 2003-06-22
Guitar-led trio, mixing trance-groove dance music with some fusion and even ambient ideas. Very nice stuff, accessible, with plenty of knotty, angular solos -- but it's got a laid-back feel, fast solos but few guitar hero antics (2,8). Lots of different sounds and tricks on the guitar, and lots of loops (for background) as well.
Recommended if you like last year's CD by Tunnels (Percy Jones' fusion band), although this isn't quite as manic and goes easier on the Prog pedal. Also reminds me of The Necks.
Tracks 3,5,10,12 are minute-long blips. Other tracks tend to fall in the 5- to 10-minute range.
1- A mid/fast, chilling groove with guitar loops overlaid for a swirling effect
2- Similar to 1, more laid-back, with prog-rock guitar-hero soloing
3- Ambient
4- Snappy, almost a normal-jazz feel
5- Another ambient break
6- Fast, really fast!
7- Slow, nice
8- Mid/fast, very dance/electronica feel. Blazing loud guitar solo.
9- Sneaky, slinky faux-blues
10- Blistering noise attack
11- Small pecking melody, nice midtempo groove for the solo
12- Crashing waves of cymbals
Recommended if you like last year's CD by Tunnels (Percy Jones' fusion band), although this isn't quite as manic and goes easier on the Prog pedal. Also reminds me of The Necks.
Tracks 3,5,10,12 are minute-long blips. Other tracks tend to fall in the 5- to 10-minute range.
1- A mid/fast, chilling groove with guitar loops overlaid for a swirling effect
2- Similar to 1, more laid-back, with prog-rock guitar-hero soloing
3- Ambient
4- Snappy, almost a normal-jazz feel
5- Another ambient break
6- Fast, really fast!
7- Slow, nice
8- Mid/fast, very dance/electronica feel. Blazing loud guitar solo.
9- Sneaky, slinky faux-blues
10- Blistering noise attack
11- Small pecking melody, nice midtempo groove for the solo
12- Crashing waves of cymbals
Recent airplay
Lemons
Memory Select — Apr 02, 2010
Moss
Umami Jazz Program — Nov 11, 2004
High Grass
Morning Glory — Nov 06, 2004
Lemons
Memory Select — Jul 23, 2004
Chlorophyll
Morning Glory — May 15, 2004
Lemons
Tofutti break! — Nov 19, 2003
Charting
2003-06-23 — 2003-08-25
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Aug 17 | 2 |
| Aug 10 | 1 |
| Jul 27 | 1 |
| Jul 13 | 2 |
| Jul 6 | 1 |
| Jun 29 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | High Grass | ||
| 2. | Weed | ||
| 3. | Plankton 1 | ||
| 4. | Trees | ||
| 5. | Plankton 2 | ||
| 6. | Lemons | ||
| 7. | Oak | ||
| 8. | Chlorophyll | ||
| 9. | Moss | ||
| 10. | Endangered Species | ||
| 11. | Fungus | ||
| 12. | Plankton 3 |