Critical Mass
Reviews
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2005-12-18
Reviewed 2005-12-18
Piano/sax duets, abstract improvised stuff with jazz roots and, from Gustafsson on sax, some acrid punk energy. On the louder tracks, Fernandez counters by hammering on the piano's low notes for a grumbly, burly sound. Other tracks go for an artsy quietness.
1- Fast soft patter. Dark and increasingly rumbly/aggressive.
2- Fast plinking, a rapid flow
3- Tumbling and fierce, goes to 11 for a brief point
4- Near-silent.
5- Slow, quavering tones. Some blank patches.
6- Scraping the piano strings, then some bursts of activity
7- Scattery, fast
8- Soft popping sounds, fast and quiet
9- Rumbling quietly, into crashing piano
10- Dire and fast
1- Fast soft patter. Dark and increasingly rumbly/aggressive.
2- Fast plinking, a rapid flow
3- Tumbling and fierce, goes to 11 for a brief point
4- Near-silent.
5- Slow, quavering tones. Some blank patches.
6- Scraping the piano strings, then some bursts of activity
7- Scattery, fast
8- Soft popping sounds, fast and quiet
9- Rumbling quietly, into crashing piano
10- Dire and fast
Recent airplay
Critical Mass 1
Memory Select — Sep 14, 2011
Critical Mass 2
Memory Select — Feb 17, 2006
Critical Mass 9
Eran Mukamel f. Pung (sprechstimme) — Feb 16, 2006
Critical Mass 10
Memory Select — Jan 27, 2006
Critical Mass 3
Memory Select — Jan 20, 2006
Critical Mass 1
Memory Select — Jan 13, 2006
Charting
2005-12-18 — 2006-02-19
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Feb 19 | 2 |
| Jan 29 | 1 |
| Jan 22 | 1 |
| Jan 15 | 1 |
| Jan 8 | 1 |
| Jan 1 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Critical Mass 1 | ||
| 2. | Critical Mass 2 | ||
| 3. | Critical Mass 3 | ||
| 4. | Critical Mass 4 | ||
| 5. | Critical Mass 5 | ||
| 6. | Critical Mass 6 | ||
| 7. | Critical Mass 7 | ||
| 8. | Critical Mass 8 | ||
| 9. | Critical Mass 9 | ||
| 10. | Critical Mass 10 |