| Miller, Lloyd & The Heliocentrics / Ost |
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| Album: | Ost | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Miller, Lloyd & The Heliocentrics | Added: | Dec 2010 | |
| Label: | Strut | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2011-01-02 | Pull Date: | 2011-03-06 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Mar 6 | Feb 27 | Feb 20 | Feb 13 | Feb 6 | Jan 30 | Jan 23 | Jan 16 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 08, 2021: | Some Songs Without Words Pari Ruu | 4. | Mar 04, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum Nava | |
| 2. | Aug 12, 2020: | Some Songs Without Words Spirit Jazz | 5. | Feb 25, 2011: | No Cover, No Minimum Salendro | |
| 3. | Apr 01, 2011: | microclimate Latin | 6. | Feb 22, 2011: | Rebop Nava |
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2010-12-30 | ||
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LLOYD MILLER & THE HELIOCENTRICS Strut, 2010 WORLD JAZZ – Released about 6 months ago, this amazing CD got lost under a stack of crap. Very cool collaboration between the Heliocentrics (a British collective) and multi-instrumentalist Miller, a longtime resident of the Middle East who has spent decades combining jazz and Persian/Eastern music. The album is diverse, with grooving, exotic and beautiful sounds; the slightly lo-fi recording just enhances it. NOTE: After #9, the track dividers are off by several seconds. You’ll need to cue up manually to get the start of track 10, 11 or 12. Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, (11) 1. 3:41 – dreamlike: flute and drums skitter across a steady bass pulse 2. 4:54 – upbeat, cyclic groove: moaning woodwind & oddly tuned piano 3. 4:12 – lovely excursion: melodies drift and twine within a caravan groove 4. 2:05 – piano & shimmering vibes/gongs in suspension… way too short 5. 6:51 – bright intro, settles into forward glide w/intersecting solo melodies 6. 3:18 – upbeat, percussive drive; dissonant horn interplay over jazzy piano 7. 3:20 – deep south Asian club groove: strings moan, great skittish rhythm 8. 3:27 – Miller rants over cool riffs, with a 1960s hipster patter. FCC clean. 9. 6:12 – layered gamelan, surges, pauses; shifts to jazz groove after 4 mins. 10. 3:05 – mysterious groove, Ethiopian flavor and deliciously slinky rhythm 11. 4:04 – hot, infectious rhythm: piano dances around dulcimer drone 12. 5:20 – walking rhythm, stately East Asian melody grows and blossoms [ Fo ] 12/30/10 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Electricone | 7. | Rain Dance | |||
| 2. | Nava | 8. | Lloyd Lets Loose | |||
| 3. | Pari Ruu | 9. | Bali Bronze | |||
| 4. | Salendro | 10. | Latin | |||
| 5. | Spirit Jazz | 11. | Charhargah | |||
| 6. | Modality | 12. | Sunda Sunset |