Eisenbeil, Bruce Sextet / Inner Constellation - Volume One
| Album: | Inner Constellation - Volume One | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Eisenbeil, Bruce Sextet | Added: | Aug 2007 | |
| Label: | Nemu Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2007-09-02 | Pull Date: | 2007-11-04 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Nov 4 | Oct 21 | Oct 14 | Oct 7 | Sep 30 | Sep 16 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 02, 2007: | Memory Select
Cues To The Vagabond |
4. | Oct 06, 2007: | orangeasm
Burning Nest |
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| 2. | Oct 19, 2007: | Memory Select
Triple Astral Texture |
5. | Sep 28, 2007: | Memory Select
Rain In The Face |
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| 3. | Oct 12, 2007: | Memory Select
[Tracks 1-4] |
6. | Sep 14, 2007: | Memory Select
Tracks 11-15 (Triple Astral Texture -to- Dream Breath) |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2007-09-02
Reviewed 2007-09-02
BRUCE EISENBEIL SEXTET: Inner Constellation, Vol. 1
Nemu, 2007
Mixing highly complex compositional themes with extended stretches of improvisation, Eisenbeil experiments with concepts such as drawing “constellations” from points in a six-octave “tone field,” while juxtaposing and heaping contrasting emotions and colors in a noisy, crashing pile. The band grew tangentially from a project by Cecil Taylor, who also served as inspiration for the composition. It’s wild!
Tracks 1-27 are a single, uninterrupted piece, divided into chunks ranging from 19 seconds to 5 minutes. Although meant to be heard all together, most of the tracks can work out of context (but obviously the endings will be pretty abrupt). Some of the longer tracks…
2. knotty guitar, angular melody
5. violin & guitar solo over fast drums
10. calm trumpet over surging band
11. relaxed jumble, sweet violin
15. speedy, melodic, pained sax solo
18. unresolved layers, bass/gtr solos
24. extended scratchy ambience
27. all comes together, melts away
28. scribbly, abstract guitar tones, bass & drums prowl in background
29. furtive conversation: lots of drums, squirrelly guitar & bass, groaning voice
30. relaxed acoustic guitar, rich drums, lots of space, pretty in an abstract way
[ Fo ] 2-Sep-07
Nemu, 2007
Mixing highly complex compositional themes with extended stretches of improvisation, Eisenbeil experiments with concepts such as drawing “constellations” from points in a six-octave “tone field,” while juxtaposing and heaping contrasting emotions and colors in a noisy, crashing pile. The band grew tangentially from a project by Cecil Taylor, who also served as inspiration for the composition. It’s wild!
Tracks 1-27 are a single, uninterrupted piece, divided into chunks ranging from 19 seconds to 5 minutes. Although meant to be heard all together, most of the tracks can work out of context (but obviously the endings will be pretty abrupt). Some of the longer tracks…
2. knotty guitar, angular melody
5. violin & guitar solo over fast drums
10. calm trumpet over surging band
11. relaxed jumble, sweet violin
15. speedy, melodic, pained sax solo
18. unresolved layers, bass/gtr solos
24. extended scratchy ambience
27. all comes together, melts away
28. scribbly, abstract guitar tones, bass & drums prowl in background
29. furtive conversation: lots of drums, squirrelly guitar & bass, groaning voice
30. relaxed acoustic guitar, rich drums, lots of space, pretty in an abstract way
[ Fo ] 2-Sep-07
Track Listing
| 1. | Autumn Light | 16. | Richter Smears | |||
| 2. | Elastic Horizon | 17. | Spiral Blue | |||
| 3. | Enter Fresh Juicy | 18. | Wormhole Thief | |||
| 4. | Three Uninvited Guests | 19. | Red Pepper Pods, Add Wings To Them | |||
| 5. | Clinging Fire | 20. | Dragonfly | |||
| 6. | Being Drawn | 21. | Eucalyptus | |||
| 7. | Phat On The Runway | 22. | Spice Enters The Groovy Night | |||
| 8. | Effigy | 23. | Autumn Clouds | |||
| 9. | Totem | 24. | Burning Nest | |||
| 10. | Mask In Profile | 25. | Keeping Still Mountain | |||
| 11. | Triple Astral Texture | 26. | Inner Constellation | |||
| 12. | Walkabout | 27. | Sonic Ocean | |||
| 13. | Transformation | 28. | Rain In The Face | |||
| 14. | Death Once Dead, No Dying Then | 29. | Cues To The Vagabond | |||
| 15. | Dream Breath | 30. | Receding Storm |