Scea, Paul / Contemporary Residents
| Album: | Contemporary Residents | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Scea, Paul | Added: | Jul 2007 | |
| Label: | Blujazz Productions | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2007-08-05 | Pull Date: | 2007-10-07 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Sep 16 | Aug 26 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 04, 2009: | Memory Select
El Gran Palenque |
3. | Aug 24, 2007: | No Cover, No Minimum
El Gran Palenque |
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| 2. | Sep 09, 2007: | Raymundos stunt double
Contemporary Residents |
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Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2007-08-04
Reviewed 2007-08-04
PAUL SCEA: Contemporary Residents
Blujazz, 2007
Multi-instrumentalist Scea piles on the electronics, running saxophones and trumpet through effects boxes or augmenting melodies with wind and guitar synthesizers. Sounding like late-period Miles Davis at times, this album is rhythmically intriguing. Overlapped or hybrid meters keep things off-balance, while tweaked harmonics and reptilian basslines parry with harsh, taunting horns. Woof!
Fo’s Picks: 1, 4, 8, maybe 5-7?
1. 4:30 – teasing theme; horns sound like a synth; short solos, then all-in…
2. 6:40 – meandering, overlapped meters, solos for bass, wind synth, alto sax
3. 12:51 – shifting Peruvian-funky rhythm, bleating effects on horns, muddy guitar solo, long drum break, bass/drums ride a groove for 3 mins.
4. 6:17 – slow & low: weird Miles-ish melody, horn effects, bubbly middle
5. 6:39 – guitar synth intro, then mysterioso fusion in 11/8 time, with flute
6. 5:51 – slow horn harmonies, secretive guitar, crazy sax waaay in the back
7. 5:11 – tweaked-out synths run around in a low, sneaky groove
8. 9:14 – odd meter, long melodic line, lots going on beneath the surface
9. 1:25 – cool bass & bongo thing in 7/4, synth tones & mellow flute on top.
[ Fo ] 4-Aug-07
Blujazz, 2007
Multi-instrumentalist Scea piles on the electronics, running saxophones and trumpet through effects boxes or augmenting melodies with wind and guitar synthesizers. Sounding like late-period Miles Davis at times, this album is rhythmically intriguing. Overlapped or hybrid meters keep things off-balance, while tweaked harmonics and reptilian basslines parry with harsh, taunting horns. Woof!
Fo’s Picks: 1, 4, 8, maybe 5-7?
1. 4:30 – teasing theme; horns sound like a synth; short solos, then all-in…
2. 6:40 – meandering, overlapped meters, solos for bass, wind synth, alto sax
3. 12:51 – shifting Peruvian-funky rhythm, bleating effects on horns, muddy guitar solo, long drum break, bass/drums ride a groove for 3 mins.
4. 6:17 – slow & low: weird Miles-ish melody, horn effects, bubbly middle
5. 6:39 – guitar synth intro, then mysterioso fusion in 11/8 time, with flute
6. 5:51 – slow horn harmonies, secretive guitar, crazy sax waaay in the back
7. 5:11 – tweaked-out synths run around in a low, sneaky groove
8. 9:14 – odd meter, long melodic line, lots going on beneath the surface
9. 1:25 – cool bass & bongo thing in 7/4, synth tones & mellow flute on top.
[ Fo ] 4-Aug-07
Track Listing
| 1. | El Gran Palenque | 5. | Cacastrophy | |||
| 2. | Enhanced Infusion Of Legitimacy | 6. | Set Of Three | |||
| 3. | Ana Namuc | 7. | Enduring Exponents | |||
| 4. | One Seven | 8. | Contemporary Residents | |||
| 9. | Hali Dat Go Lahkkodit Mu Hearggi? | |||||