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Groundtruther
Thirsty Ear Communication
Jazz | Aug 2004

Reviews

Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2004-08-29
Funky stuff with sci-fi leanings and dance-music technology. Loud and gloopy, mostly a dark atmosphere. What's cool is that this is Charlie Hunter (guitar) and Bobby Previte (drums), sounding very different from usual.

Sounds include fast basslines and liquid wah-wah splashes from Hunter ... drum-machine electronics set up by Previte ... and Greg Osby (sax) sounding like his usual cerebral-funky self, but often filtered or processed.

This is the first in, apparently, a trilogy of trios, each with Hunter and Previte and a special guest. Can't wait for the others.

1- Harsh swooping noises, dark sax near the end
2- Nice mid/fast groove, mixed-up feel
3- Mystery groove, some cool midtempo guitar
4- Insistent hammering squeal. Short.
5- Fast and chill. Starts quiet.
6- A cool urban groove.
7- Sparse and snappy, fairly fast
8- A series of small episodes. Lots of strange noises and some sampled vocals later; also a couple of short grooves.
9- Spacey landscape with filtered, curled-up sax solo
10- Midtempo and melancholy, with clear sax sound.
11- Drifting and eerie

Recent airplay

Tropic of Cancer
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Arctic Circle
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40TH Parallel
Umami Jazz ProgramJul 19, 2005
Arctic Circle
Memory SelectOct 22, 2004
Tropic of Cancer
Umami Jazz ProgramOct 14, 2004
Equator
Memory SelectOct 08, 2004

Charting

2004-08-23 — 2004-10-25 Jazz
Week EndingAirplays
Oct 24 1
Oct 17 1
Oct 10 2
Sep 26 2
Sep 19 1
Sep 12 2
Sep 5 4
Aug 29 2

Track listing

1. North Pole
2. Arctic Circle
3. 40TH Parallel
4. Horse Latitudes North
5. Tropic of Cancer
6. Equator
7. Tropic of Capricorn
8. Horse Latitudes South
9. Tropic of Calms
10. Antarctic Circle
11. South Pole