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I called the wife she said I'd better stay home this weekend
Stay home....or what? Get a whipping?
Much of New Orbit consists of open space. Shipp develops dark wispy themes with a structural focus; Leo Smith soars along warm, rich lines; William Parker bows a foamy harmonic stream. Harmonically speaking, these themes tend to rely upon tonal centers and a general pattern of conflict and resolution. When the quartet convenes in its entirety, William Parker's thick pulse and Gerald Cleaver's insistent forward-looking percussion drive the group's intensity to a higher level. This interplay tends to accent Smith's vibrant trumpet work, which bridges the gap between melodic simplicity and harmonic multiplicity.Imagine sitting in an ancient stone church with high spires, arched hallways, and massive wooden doors hung on huge cast iron hinges. The glass in the windows is almost liquid: it's translucent but not transparent. Patterns of blue and green move across the floor with the travel of the sun across the sky. You can feel a spiritual force moving you, but you can't see a thing. This is the temple. This is where Shipp leads you on New Orbit. ...http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=6984
rothkamm's FB01 is a set of 6 synthesizer pieces with 7 sonic IDs, utopian and scientific. Recorded in full stereophonic sound, FB01 sweetens rothkamm's uncompromising experimentation with the crowd-pleasing sleight of "head music". Over 6 extended passages, pure electronic music burbles, shimmers, surges, swoops and speaker-pans in hazily melodic and crystalline shapes. FB01 is a consummate headphone album, a crafty and cosmic delight guaranteed to captivate all contemplating minds. rothkamm's FBO1 investigates the realms of pure electronic music; synthesized only through mathematical operations on sine waves, the most fundamental building blocks of sound. A nod to the first pioneers of electronic music, notably the "Forbidden Planet" work of Carlos & Bebe Barron, Vladimir Ussachevsky's signal generator experiments, and the electronic serialism of Herbert Eimert and Franco Evangelisti that emerged in the 50s from the WDR studios in Cologne. rothkamm's aesthetic harvests the utopian energy of these modernists to form a supermodernism. Not unlike Raymond Scott's 1958 modifications of a Theremin, which led to his 'Clavivox' synthesizer, rothkamm's 2002 'IFORMM' system takes a commercial sound module and transforms it into a enigmatic new form of a sound-sculpting instrument. rothkamm's FBO1 was recorded in Hollywood and manufactured in a limited edition of 500. The Compact Disc is purely electronic and makes full use of the left - right - and phantom channel.
