El-P / High Water
| Album: | High Water | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | El-P | Added: | Apr 2004 | |
| Label: | Thirsty Ear Communication | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2004-04-05 | Pull Date: | 2004-06-07 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Jun 6 | May 30 | May 23 | May 16 | May 9 | May 2 | Apr 25 | Apr 18 |
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| Airplays: | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 23, 2008: | Eran Mukamel (yelldown warhellride)
Get Your Hand Off My ... |
4. | Aug 22, 2005: | Stirling's Approximation
When the Moon Was Blue |
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| 2. | Aug 15, 2007: | Eran Mukkake (ookie mookie)
Sunrise Over Bklyn |
5. | Jun 28, 2005: | Umami Jazz Program
Get Modal |
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| 3. | Sep 03, 2006: | The Vapors
Please Stay (Yesterday) |
6. | Jan 13, 2005: | Umami Jazz Program
Get Modal |
Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2004-04-09
Reviewed 2004-04-09
Melodic, accessible pieces with hip-hop beats and idioms. It's El-P producing the "Blue Series Continuum" band of free-jazzers, led by Matthew Shipp's darkly crystalline piano, for a sound much like Thirsty Ear's other Blue Series disks.
The music tends to be simple and the band's improv/free-jazz chops are a subtle add-in, kept away from the foreground. That helps build an effective atmosphere, darkly cool-handed, with a sense of drama and melancholy in most tracks.
7- The centerpiece: Samples of jazz singer Harry Keys (El-P's father) over mid/fast trip-hop beats. Sentimental and sad, really grabs at your heart.
1,8 - Instrumentals based on #7
2- Stormy piano theme, builds to a strong drama
3- Slowly jaunty with a hard beat
4- Good soloing over catchy midtempo theme
5- Spiky pecking piano
6- Mid/fast, scattery piano
The music tends to be simple and the band's improv/free-jazz chops are a subtle add-in, kept away from the foreground. That helps build an effective atmosphere, darkly cool-handed, with a sense of drama and melancholy in most tracks.
7- The centerpiece: Samples of jazz singer Harry Keys (El-P's father) over mid/fast trip-hop beats. Sentimental and sad, really grabs at your heart.
1,8 - Instrumentals based on #7
2- Stormy piano theme, builds to a strong drama
3- Slowly jaunty with a hard beat
4- Good soloing over catchy midtempo theme
5- Spiky pecking piano
6- Mid/fast, scattery piano
Track Listing
| 1. | Please Stay (Yesterday) | 5. | Intrigue in the House of ... | |||
| 2. | Sunrise Over Bklyn | 6. | Something Is Wrong | |||
| 3. | Get Your Hand Off My ... | 7. | When the Moon Was Blue | |||
| 4. | Get Modal | 8. | Please Leave (Yesterday) |