| Forward Energy / Awakening, The |
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| Album: | Awakening, The | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Forward Energy | Added: | 02/2012 | |
| Label: | Edgetone Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2012-02-25 | Pull Date: | 2012-04-28 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | 22 Apr | 18 Mar | 11 Mar | 4 Mar |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 19, 2012: | maximus mane Wishful Thinking | 3. | Mar 05, 2012: | Ghost Trees Carpenter Shop | |
| 2. | Mar 16, 2012: | No Cover, No Minimum Wishful Thinking | 4. | Mar 02, 2012: | No Cover, No Minimum Carpenter Shop |
| Album Review |
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| Fo Reviewed 2012-02-18 | ||
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FORWARD ENERGY: The Awakening Edgetone, 2012 FREE JAZZ – This incarnation of Jim Ryan’s noisy Bay Area crew includes saxophonist Rent Romus and Scott Looney on piano. The pieces have loosely defined structures, sometimes just an orientation (2), or tightly coordinated (3), or with a round of jazzy solos (5), but the playing within those bounds sounds fully improvisational, with lots of sudden variations in the energy and volume level. Stays way out. Try any track. Fo’s Picks: 1, 4, 6, 7, 8 1. 5:39 – cartoonish intro; short solo turns over bouncy chaos; sax dialogue 2. 3:57 – flute & prepared piano; band gradually fills up empty space 3. 4:35 – near-silent murmurs, with sudden BIG BLASTS at odd moments 4. 6:11 – quietly slumped over; sax/trumpet moan and poke at each other 5. 12:53 – sustained high energy: stretchy horns argue; solo space for all 6. 5:25 – lots of rattles & clunks, like the saxes are rooting around in the attic 7. 13:03 – cool intro, moody quintet, energy rises, freakout, bass pulls it back 8. 6:45 – chattering argument: saxes/piano bounce off each other, gets noisy 9. 4:30 – calm flute in unstable space: quick slash & spike interjections 10. 9:32 – grunts & groans, near-melodic surges and clashing lines [ Fo ] - February 2012 | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | The Opening | 6. | Carpenter Shop | |||
| 2. | Awakening | 7. | Wishful Thinking | |||
| 3. | Float & Jolt | 8. | Talk Talk | |||
| 4. | Lost Leprechaun | 9. | Late Nite Show | |||
| 5. | Freestyle | 10. | Whataboutthablues? |