Natto Quartet / Thousand Oaks
Album: Thousand Oaks   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Natto Quartet   Added:May 2005
Label:482 Music  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2005-07-04 Pull Date: 2005-09-05 Charts: Jazz
Week Ending: Sep 4 Aug 28 Jul 31 Jul 24 Jul 10
Airplays: 1 1 1 1 3

Recent Airplay
1. Jul 17, 2009: Memory Select, guest Rent Romus
Kinpira
4. Jul 29, 2005: Memory Select
Ume
2. Sep 02, 2005: Memory Select
Kuri-Ae
5. Jul 22, 2005: The Dog and Pony Show
Ume
3. Aug 26, 2005: Memory Select
Kinpira
6. Jul 08, 2005: The Dog and Pony Show
Ume

Album Review
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2005-06-30
Improv combining Japanese tradition (wood flute, stringed koto), piano, and computer electronics. The blend works surprisingly well (cf. their previous album), with Tim Perkis subtly meshing the modern electronics with the interplay of the acoustic instruments. Abstract stuff played mostly slow with a Japanese feel of quietude.

1- Placid, lots of stillness. Nice late-night track.
2- Slow and quiet, with an ominous air
3- Gets fast and tumbling
4- Piano focus, a short chamber piece
5- Drifting; lots of koto
6- Slow; kicks into a fast, choppy segment
7- Thundering piano, into quiet scattery sounds

Track Listing
1. Ume   5. Kuri-Ae
2. Dengaku   6. Chawan Mushi
3. Kinpira   7. Shochu
4. Genmaicha   .