Electric Fruit
Jazz
| Jan 2011
Reviews
Fo
Reviewed 2011-01-30
Reviewed 2011-01-30
WALTER / HALVORSON / EVANS: Electric Fruit
Thirsty Ear, 2011
AVANT-GARDE – Three of the most strikingly original instrumental voices in avant-jazz join forces as a trio. Peter Evans seems to turn his trumpet inside out as he chatters and wheezes; Mary Halvorson’s robot-on-acid guitar sound mixes molten bleeps and gloops with fuzzed-out shockwaves, and Weasel Walter ties it together with free-jazz drumming that hurls the music into orbit or draws it deep inside itself at will. Remarkably weird stuff, highly recommended for out-jazz fans.
Try any track. Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 3
1. 8:58 – jittery sounds join in a lumpy mass; has exploratory & quiet stretches
2. 11:21 – quick melodic guitar collapses, spars w/ drums; trumpet spins over anxious flow; wall of guitar; percussive scurry & ominous bubbling
3. 4:22 – solo trumpet scampers, guitar melts all over skittery drums, quiet end
4. 6:53 – trio pokes & prods; drifts into tick-tock rhythms and slippery noodles
5. 15:38 – quietly warped strands; lonely trumpet in drum maze; guitar leads a surge, but everyone scatters; creepy wanderings, cool drum solo
6. 7:27 – very spacious: slowly builds, drops to silence, comes back, just ends
[ Fo ] 01/30/11
Thirsty Ear, 2011
AVANT-GARDE – Three of the most strikingly original instrumental voices in avant-jazz join forces as a trio. Peter Evans seems to turn his trumpet inside out as he chatters and wheezes; Mary Halvorson’s robot-on-acid guitar sound mixes molten bleeps and gloops with fuzzed-out shockwaves, and Weasel Walter ties it together with free-jazz drumming that hurls the music into orbit or draws it deep inside itself at will. Remarkably weird stuff, highly recommended for out-jazz fans.
Try any track. Fo’s Picks: 1, 2, 3
1. 8:58 – jittery sounds join in a lumpy mass; has exploratory & quiet stretches
2. 11:21 – quick melodic guitar collapses, spars w/ drums; trumpet spins over anxious flow; wall of guitar; percussive scurry & ominous bubbling
3. 4:22 – solo trumpet scampers, guitar melts all over skittery drums, quiet end
4. 6:53 – trio pokes & prods; drifts into tick-tock rhythms and slippery noodles
5. 15:38 – quietly warped strands; lonely trumpet in drum maze; guitar leads a surge, but everyone scatters; creepy wanderings, cool drum solo
6. 7:27 – very spacious: slowly builds, drops to silence, comes back, just ends
[ Fo ] 01/30/11
Recent airplay
The Stench Of Cyber-Durian
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Rebop — Mar 22, 2011
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Rebop — Mar 15, 2011
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Rebop — Mar 08, 2011
The Pseudocarp Walks Among Us
Rebop — Mar 01, 2011
The Stench Of Cyber-Durian
Icecaps of White Noise — Feb 23, 2011
Charting
2011-01-30 — 2011-04-03
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Mar 27 | 2 |
| Mar 20 | 1 |
| Mar 13 | 1 |
| Mar 6 | 1 |
| Feb 27 | 2 |
Track listing
| 1. | Mangosteen 3000 A.D. | ||
| 2. | The Stench Of Cyber-Durian | ||
| 3. | The Pseudocarp Walks Among Us | ||
| 4. | Scuppernong Malfunction | ||
| 5. | Yantok Salak Kapok | ||
| 6. | Metallic Dragon Fruit |