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
Week Ending: Sep 16 Aug 26
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
2. Sep 09, 2007: Raymundos stunt double
Contemporary Residents

Album Review
Fo
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

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?