Shipp, Matthew Trio / Elastic Aspects
| Album: | Elastic Aspects | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Shipp, Matthew Trio | Added: | Mar 2012 | |
| Label: | Thirsty Ear Recordings | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2012-03-10 | Pull Date: | 2012-05-12 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | May 13 | May 6 | Apr 29 | Apr 22 | Apr 15 | Apr 8 | Apr 1 | Mar 25 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 10, 2012: | In Your Ear | Thursdays Pt. 1
Explosive Aspects |
4. | Apr 17, 2012: | Rebop
Raw Materials, Explosive Aspects, Mute Voice |
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| 2. | May 04, 2012: | No Cover, No Minimum
Raw Materials |
5. | Apr 13, 2012: | No Cover, No Minimum
Elastic Aspects |
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| 3. | Apr 28, 2012: | 20120428 Return
Elastic Aspects |
6. | Apr 06, 2012: | No Cover, No Minimum
Stage 10 |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2012-03-08
Reviewed 2012-03-08
MATTHEW SHIPP: Elastic Aspects
Thirsty Ear, 2012
AVANT-GARDE – Another very strong acoustic trio outing from Shipp, who as always follows his own path. This suite is dark-hued and brooding, nodding to the jazz tradition even as it dives into seemingly bottomless complexity or sparkles with crystalline abstraction.
Matthew Shipp : piano
Michael Bisio : bass
Whit Dickey : drums
All impressive. Fo’s Picks: 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12
1. 2:18 – very slow bowed bass & distant, atmospheric percussion
2. 0:27 – solo piano reflection
3. 4:46 – quirky swing falls in and out of dense tangles; piano in knots
4. 3:51 – solo piano, bright and abstract, fractured melodies run high, low
5. 1:29 – big ragged, rasping bass; drums barely suggest a groove
6. 3:12 – piano moves in complex zigzags, quietly free drum/bass backing
7. 3:18 – heavy, crushing piano; thick, scurrying bass; drums react to piano
8. 5:30 – bright & melodic, but in a distracted way; gets stuck in loops
9. 5:08 – solo bass, bowed and brooding, sawing and sighing
10. 3:11 – brisk bass stroll with ringing prepared piano, minimal drums
11. 3:23 – solo piano chases its tail, meanders, digs
12. 4:29 – thick, sluggish flow: cerebral piano runs free over calm backing
13. 7:36 – rises up into a chugging, crushing dynamo; falls back occasionally
[ Fo ] - March 2012
Thirsty Ear, 2012
AVANT-GARDE – Another very strong acoustic trio outing from Shipp, who as always follows his own path. This suite is dark-hued and brooding, nodding to the jazz tradition even as it dives into seemingly bottomless complexity or sparkles with crystalline abstraction.
Matthew Shipp : piano
Michael Bisio : bass
Whit Dickey : drums
All impressive. Fo’s Picks: 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12
1. 2:18 – very slow bowed bass & distant, atmospheric percussion
2. 0:27 – solo piano reflection
3. 4:46 – quirky swing falls in and out of dense tangles; piano in knots
4. 3:51 – solo piano, bright and abstract, fractured melodies run high, low
5. 1:29 – big ragged, rasping bass; drums barely suggest a groove
6. 3:12 – piano moves in complex zigzags, quietly free drum/bass backing
7. 3:18 – heavy, crushing piano; thick, scurrying bass; drums react to piano
8. 5:30 – bright & melodic, but in a distracted way; gets stuck in loops
9. 5:08 – solo bass, bowed and brooding, sawing and sighing
10. 3:11 – brisk bass stroll with ringing prepared piano, minimal drums
11. 3:23 – solo piano chases its tail, meanders, digs
12. 4:29 – thick, sluggish flow: cerebral piano runs free over calm backing
13. 7:36 – rises up into a chugging, crushing dynamo; falls back occasionally
[ Fo ] - March 2012
Track Listing
| 1. | Alternative Aspects | 8. | Raw Materials | |||
| 2. | Aspects | 9. | Rainforest | |||
| 3. | Psychic Counterpart | 10. | Stage 10 | |||
| 4. | Frame Focus | 11. | Dimension | |||
| 5. | Flow Chart | 12. | Elastic Aspects | |||
| 6. | Mute Voice | 13. | Elastic Eye | |||
| 7. | Explosive Aspects | . |