| Mats/Morgan Band / Heat Beats Live |
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| Album: | Heat Beats Live | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Mats/Morgan Band | Added: | 03/2008 | |
| Label: | Cuneiform Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-04-20 | Pull Date: | 2008-06-22 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | 25 May | 18 May | 27 Apr |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 12, 2010: | Sunshine ... in the Afternoon Tvingle | 3. | May 16, 2008: | Memory Select Rhinecliff Hotel | |
| 2. | May 21, 2008: | nag champa orangeasm Watch Me Pleasure | 4. | Apr 25, 2008: | Memory Select The Return Of Advokaten |
| Album Review |
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| Ragnar of Ravensfjord Reviewed 2008-04-15 | ||
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Mats/Morgan = Morgan Agren (drums) and Mats Oberg (keyboards) a solid Swedish jazz/prog/fusion duo that’s apparently been together for over 25 years. M/M take a bit of ‘ol Frank’s 70’s fusion sound along with bits of Soft Machine, Zappa and Mahavisnu Orchestra into a really nice sound of their own. ((((1)))) Jazzy, complex drumming and some nice keyboard sounds. ((((2)))) Nice, traditional jazz piano, a mostly straight ahead piece with a few jagged patterns. Would sound nice on either Fo or Wedge’s show. ((3)) Yikes! Off putting 80’s synth overkill. Pretty silly like Zappa’s syncalvier experiments in the 80’s (see/hear: “Jazz From Hell”) (((((4))))) Scattershot soundtrack from some unreleased 70’s crime thriller. Nice mix of drumming & keyboards. Would go great with “Race: In” by Battles. (((5))) Short, horn drones & random keyboard notes interlude. ((((6))))) Jazz, funk/fusion awesome-ness. Lots of slinky bass and super funky keyboards. Very busy sounding in places. Not far from Herbie Hancock’s “Headhunters” era with a slight early 80’s tone. ((((7)))) Tricky, circular tempos in some crazy signature with bits of buggy/spacey transmissions. ((((8)))) Short, looping of 60’s “elevator pop” and clapping. Like an Negativland outtake? ((((9)))) Traditional jazz piano later has some child-like Swedish story and later free jazz improv then over to some modern fusion. Wild! ((((10)))) Super short bouncy bass & keyboards. Pretty awesome though. (((((11)))) Near videogame, electronic jazzy/prog, crazy tempo changes to where it’s more complicated than the first time you hear it. ((12)) Too much bland harmonica and not much else. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | The Return Of Advokaten | 7. | Watch Me Pleasure | |||
| 2. | Rhinecliff Hotel | 8. | Hermetoast | |||
| 3. | Mats Jungle | 9. | The Bosendorfer Of Advokaten | |||
| 4. | Pulse | 10. | Riff At Play | |||
| 5. | Friis | 11. | Truvas Rumba | |||
| 6. | Tvingle | 12. | Cry Of Laika |