| Berne, Tim/Science Friction / Sublime And, the |
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| Album: | Sublime And, the | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Berne, Tim/Science Friction | Added: | Oct 2003 | |
| Label: | Thirsty Ear Communication | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2003-11-03 | Pull Date: | 2004-01-05 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Dec 28 | Dec 21 | Dec 14 | Nov 23 | Nov 16 | Nov 9 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 19, 2010: | Memory Select Mrs. Subliminal/Clownfinger | 4. | Oct 25, 2005: | Umami Jazz Program Van Gundy's Retreat | |
| 2. | Dec 18, 2009: | Memory Select, Friday edition Jalapeno Diplomacy/Traction | 5. | Dec 26, 2003: | Memory Select Jalapeno Diplomacy [excerpt] | |
| 3. | Jul 06, 2007: | Memory Select Van Gundy's Retreat | 6. | Dec 19, 2003: | Memory Select Mrs. Subliminal/Clownfinger |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2003-11-21 | ||
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Upbeat and jaggedly swinging avant-jazz, with a hint of menace to every track. This is great stuff. The tempos might not be super fast and blurry, but the energy level is way up there. Most of the tracks are typical Berne suites, 10 to 30 minutes long, with fast, jumbly written themes spaced between free-form improvising. It's catchy and toe-tapping in an avant-garde way. The "hint of menace" is the combination of Craig Taborn's gloopy, spacey keyboards and Marc Ducret's atonal guitar jangle. Tom Rainey, Berne's favorite drummer these days, tosses in coolly fast and restrained playing. DISK ONE 1- Dives straight in: Mid/fast herky-jerky theme typical of Berne. 2- Slow drifty start w/some loud passionate wailing from Berne. Just after 10:00, turns into spiky aggression with splintery guitar, then a drum solo and a slowly lingering chaotic activity. Slow but loud. Ends mid/slow and strong. 3- Starts fast and dryly sparse, kind of a sarcastic groove. Ends big and swirly. DISK TWO 1- Floaty ambient drones 2- Active, jumbly start with an ecstatic, hyper sax solo. 3- Midtempo wandering crawl, a relaxed-mood encore. Includes a very sparse, quiet improv segment. Starts and ends with long applause | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Van Gundy's Retreat | 4. | Smallfry | |||
| 2. | The Shell Game | 5. | Jalapeno Diplomacy/Traction | |||
| 3. | Mrs. Subliminal/Clownfinger | 6. | Stuckon U |