Sauter, Tomas Tranceactivity / Flora
Album: Flora   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Sauter, Tomas Tranceactivity   Added:Jun 2003
Label:Altri Suoni  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2003-06-23 Pull Date: 2003-08-25 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Aug 17 Aug 10 Jul 27 Jul 13 Jul 6 Jun 29
Airplays: 2 1 1 2 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Apr 02, 2010: Memory Select
Lemons
4. Jul 23, 2004: Memory Select
Lemons
2. Nov 11, 2004: Umami Jazz Program
Moss
5. May 15, 2004: Morning Glory
Chlorophyll
3. Nov 06, 2004: Morning Glory
High Grass
6. Nov 19, 2003: Tofutti break!
Lemons

Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
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

Track Listing
1. High Grass   7. Oak
2. Weed   8. Chlorophyll
3. Plankton 1   9. Moss
4. Trees   10. Endangered Species
5. Plankton 2   11. Fungus
6. Lemons   12. Plankton 3