| Floratone / Floratone |
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| Album: | Floratone | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Floratone | Added: | Aug 2007 | |
| Label: | Blue Note | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-08-26 | Pull Date: | 2007-10-28 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Oct 28 | Oct 14 | Sep 16 | Sep 9 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jan 17, 2014: | No Cover, No Minimum Swamped | 4. | Oct 26, 2007: | Memory Select Floratone | |
| 2. | Jun 27, 2013: | Tlön: An Investigation The Future | 5. | Oct 12, 2007: | Memory Select The Wanderer | |
| 3. | Nov 21, 2008: | Memory Select Mississippi Rising | 6. | Sep 14, 2007: | No Cover, No Minimum The Passenger |
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2007-08-25 | ||
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FLORATONE: Floratone Blue Note, 2007 An ever-changing instrumental landscape that mixes modern jazz with electronica, blues, folk and even a dash of reggae, this intriguing new project from guitarist Bill Frisell and friends sounds to me like a cinematic tour through seamy/steamy parts of the American south. A loop-laden, heady brew of slides, blips, echoes and thumps sounds perfectly natural despite thick layers of studio production. Great stuff! All good. Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 3, 5, 8. 1. 5:29 – deep midtempo dub with many layers, cornet & guitar briefly out front 2. 6:38 – strolling electro-folk atmosphere, slow & heavy in the middle 3. 4:25 – stomping country-blues shuffle, sliding horn lines & lowdown guitar 4. 6:56 – like a soundtrack: sinister shadings cover a slow, bluesy thump 5. 3:34 – sneakily stomping groove, a sort of back porch funk 6. 4:59 – relaxed rockin’ guitars, steadily thumping drum pattern 7. 4:01 – bluesy drag, catchy loping rhythm & bright echoey guitar, odd ending 8. 4:24 – quick pulse, moody horns, intoxicating guitars 9. 2:02 – upbeat interlude, walking rhythm, catchy bass melody 10. 4:05 – bright, sparkly loops; sounds a bit like a hip commercial 11. 1:41 – spare bass melody over guitar stings, clanks and bumps [ Fo ] 25-Aug-07 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Floratone | 6. | Monsoon | |||
| 2. | The Wanderer | 7. | Louisiana Lowboat | |||
| 3. | Mississippi Rising | 8. | The Future | |||
| 4. | The Passenger | 9. | Take A Look | |||
| 5. | Swamped | 10. | Frontiers | |||
| 11. | Threadbare | |||||