Intuition, Science, And Sex
Reviews
mike
Reviewed 2008-11-30
Reviewed 2008-11-30
THOLLEM MCDONAS & ARRINGTON DE DIONYSO - "Intuition, Science, and Sex" CD (Edgetone)
Free improv trio of MCDONAS on piano, DIONYSO (OLD TIME RELIJUN) on bass clarinet and drone machines. The music is often patient, slow, and drone-like. MCDONAS'S piano seems classical. There isn't much jazz on this recording it's mostly an avant-garde improv and exploration. MCDONAS is from San Francisco.
**1. Slow, patient and droning. Neither player takes a back seat. The track is called "A Birth" and it does sound that way. Track mostly stays meditative and only after 18 minutes does the piano get busy while the clarinet remains meditative. The last 3 minutes are a bit noisier and at the 20 minute mark it's just clarinet and drone. Ends with just drone.
2. Starts with very quiet piano. The piano takes it's time (3 minutes) building and then the clarinet slowly joins in. There is soulfulness to the sound. Jazz I guess. Nice.
3. Like track 2 but the clarinet starts off. A bit more playful. Some silence. The track does pick up the pace and get a little louder after a couple minutes. After 4 minutes the clarinet gets loud and almost rawkus. Halfway through the track gets noisy but they slow down. This track seems a bit stiff or that they don't have much to say.
**4. Much shorter with clarinet opening. Then more of the same but louder and busier and free. Ends with a drone.
OK stuff -mph
Free improv trio of MCDONAS on piano, DIONYSO (OLD TIME RELIJUN) on bass clarinet and drone machines. The music is often patient, slow, and drone-like. MCDONAS'S piano seems classical. There isn't much jazz on this recording it's mostly an avant-garde improv and exploration. MCDONAS is from San Francisco.
**1. Slow, patient and droning. Neither player takes a back seat. The track is called "A Birth" and it does sound that way. Track mostly stays meditative and only after 18 minutes does the piano get busy while the clarinet remains meditative. The last 3 minutes are a bit noisier and at the 20 minute mark it's just clarinet and drone. Ends with just drone.
2. Starts with very quiet piano. The piano takes it's time (3 minutes) building and then the clarinet slowly joins in. There is soulfulness to the sound. Jazz I guess. Nice.
3. Like track 2 but the clarinet starts off. A bit more playful. Some silence. The track does pick up the pace and get a little louder after a couple minutes. After 4 minutes the clarinet gets loud and almost rawkus. Halfway through the track gets noisy but they slow down. This track seems a bit stiff or that they don't have much to say.
**4. Much shorter with clarinet opening. Then more of the same but louder and busier and free. Ends with a drone.
OK stuff -mph
Recent airplay
In The
Memory Select — Jan 30, 2009
A Birth
Hand Wash in Coleslaw — Jan 21, 2009
Blink Of
Memory Select — Jan 16, 2009
An Eye
Baptism of Solitude — Jan 08, 2009
In The
Music Casserole — Dec 25, 2008
A Birth
Brownian Motion — Dec 24, 2008
Charting
2008-11-30 — 2009-02-01
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Feb 1 | 1 |
| Jan 25 | 1 |
| Jan 18 | 1 |
| Jan 11 | 1 |
| Dec 28 | 2 |
| Dec 14 | 1 |
| Dec 7 | 2 |
Track listing
| 1. | A Birth | ||
| 2. | In The | ||
| 3. | Blink Of | ||
| 4. | An Eye |