| Ndio / Airback |
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| Album: | Airback | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Ndio | Added: | Jan 2006 | |
| Label: | Cuneiform Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2006-02-05 | Pull Date: | 2006-04-09 |
| Week Ending: | Feb 19 | Feb 12 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 14, 2009: | Jena & Gomorrah Big Bombay | 4. | Feb 11, 2006: | Biff Bang Pow Landscapes | |
| 2. | Feb 16, 2006: | Eran Mukamel f. Pung (sprechstimme) Mr. Barn | 5. | Feb 09, 2006: | Rock in a Position Landscapes | |
| 3. | Feb 16, 2006: | Rock in a Position Big Bombay | ||||
| Album Review |
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| Ben Wolfson Reviewed 2006-02-04 | ||
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Moody fusion from a mostly Dutch band with Canterbury legend Hugh Hopper on bass. Frequently has a chamber-jazz feel. 1: Long intro to this menacing tune by Hopper previously recorded by his trio with Nick Didkovsky, Bone. It gets a lighter treatment here, but the fuzz bass part is still provides a fairly ominous, insistent basis for the soloing from the other members of the band. 2: Melodramatic intro leading to a brief freeish section, then a tighter middle section leading to solos. 3: Chamber-jazz, fairly dark tinge, especially after halfway through. Nice guitar synth work (something I never thought I'd say). 4: Piano ostinato leading into a wonderful slow trombone solo. Picks up the pace during the sax solo. 5: Fast unison head, funky, growling bass line; swinging solos. 6: This is a little smooth-sounding for my tastes in the intro, though more generously you could just say it's ambient jazz. 7: Looped intro w/ bass clarinet not unlike a Riley composition, leading into a head/solo/head structure. 8: Slow chambery intro, with long, middle-eastern-sounding melodies later; picks up the pace after about 3 minutes. 9: Pretty straight. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Big Bombay | 5. | Soap | |||
| 2. | Last Night Of The Prawns | 6. | Mind Interception | |||
| 3. | Mr. Barn | 7. | Stromboli | |||
| 4. | Landscapes | 8. | Bone | |||
| 9. | Wise Men | |||||