Das beste Jazzalbum des Jahres und das beste Duo-Album (Sax’n’Drums) seit langer Zeit ist soeben bei „What The…? Records“ erschienen und stammt von Don Dietrich (Borbetomagus) & Ben Hall. „Spitfire“ steht in der Tradition von „Duo Exchange“ und entwickelt von der ersten Sekunde einen Sog, der einen nicht mehr loslässt. Diese tour de force hat Volcanic Tongue perfekt auf den Punkt gebracht, so dass ich nicht mehr viel dazu schreiben muss:
Volcanic TongueTotal fucking dreamteam duo exchange free jazz wipe-out from two of the most regularly killing instrumentalists ever to wrestle form from freedom. Don Dietrich is of course part of the saxophone front-line of Borbetomagus, while Hall is best known as the spectral percussionist w/Graveyards. But Hall can kick it as hard as any middle-European wildman and here he is on stunning form, rolling out a non-stop barrage of ideas and tonal tattoos. Dietrich, meanwhile, plays in a hysteric post-Doyle high-register style, just leering all over the kit while performing the kind of tongue contortions and epiglottal gymnastics of a Masayoshi Urabe or Kaoru Abe. This is balls-to-the-wall free jazz power in the tradition of Babi, Black Ark, Adieu Little Man, Church No.9 et al and if you’re in any way tuned into the energy = form equation of those towering sides then you need this. Totally exhilarating and very highly recommended!
go, get it!
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Hey man, why don't we make a tune... just playin' the melody, not play the solos...