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Tracks: Repetition / 23A / Quayle Paint feat. Inge Thomson / Horse / Give Up The Body feat. Demmy / Rory / PSP / Can't Use A Map / Shudder feat. Sophie Bancroft / The Disappearing Platelayer feat. Moff Skelington
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I know very little of Lau's work, but Martin Green is most certainly a visionary. His "Machine" runs full throttle, chucking out more creativity and imagination in 48 minutes than most artists manage in a lifetime.
If you can make it through the sslllliiiiiggggghhhhhtly obnoxious tester track ("Repetition") then `First Sighting' may well be your friend for life. The album is a little larger than life, no song ends the way it starts, no genre is chosen, and no moment is anything less than breathtaking.
Recalling the immaculate production of DJ Shadow, the dynamism of The Go! Team, the melancholic frailty of Portishead and the brass lunacy of a John Zorn explosion - `First Sighting' offers a little bit of everything, without giving anyone nothing.
Definite highlights include the tastefully schizophrenic "Quayle Paint" (1 part funeral march, 1 part sea shanty and 2 parts tragic folk ballad), "23A" with its elastic and delightful accordion melody, and the brooding post-rockesque "Shudder". Truth be told though, you'll find no shortage of favourites here.
My favourite Navigator release.
If you can make it through the sslllliiiiiggggghhhhhtly obnoxious tester track ("Repetition") then `First Sighting' may well be your friend for life. The album is a little larger than life, no song ends the way it starts, no genre is chosen, and no moment is anything less than breathtaking.
Recalling the immaculate production of DJ Shadow, the dynamism of The Go! Team, the melancholic frailty of Portishead and the brass lunacy of a John Zorn explosion - `First Sighting' offers a little bit of everything, without giving anyone nothing.
Definite highlights include the tastefully schizophrenic "Quayle Paint" (1 part funeral march, 1 part sea shanty and 2 parts tragic folk ballad), "23A" with its elastic and delightful accordion melody, and the brooding post-rockesque "Shudder". Truth be told though, you'll find no shortage of favourites here.
My favourite Navigator release.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The first pressing of this comes in a nice digi pack package with a folk out poster booklet featuring some original artwork by one of the judge dred comic illustrator's Ben Cook.. well worth buying early to get that...
"Pulls together a plethora of stylistic references: folk, avant rock, dance, global, jazz, sampling, you name it- in an original and exciting way that is all his own." (the scotsman)
The Sound of a powerful yet beautiful hangover resulting from a night out dancing with Frank Zappa and Astor Piazzolla, each with a girl on their arm and Duke Ellington buying chasers at the bar....
The Green Machine started life as Lau accordionist Martin Green's commission piece for last year's Celtic Connections' New Voices series. Wild noise carvings, voices of unspoilt beauty and a brass band shrunken and mutated during their trip through time and space sit atop a backline of broken beat and ferocious groove. Girls, Brass, Beats and Accordions, they've got it all !
"Tirelessly effervescent and creative with outstanding solo features" (The Herald)
Green brings together some of the most prestigious and eclectic talent from England and Scotland to form a new collective: Edinburgh jazzer Sophie Bancroft shares vocal duties with recent Bonnie Prince Billy collaborator, Inge Thomson (also of Karine Polwart Band /Harem Scarem). Brass living legend Rick Taylor with Fergus Kerr (french horn) and Andy McKreel (tuba), both regular players with the SNO and other leading orchestras. Back-line is provided by Barnaby Stradling (Eliza Carthy, Blowzabella) and Ayrshire rhythm master Alyn Cosker. The many terrifying talents of Tom Cook include electronics, guitars, sound manipulation and live sampling (Tom is a producer of drum'n'bass and electronica, working out of his native Brighton under the name "Manni"). Add to this mix accordion problem child Martin Green playing accordion, samplers and more and you have the formidable new album "First Sighting".
"Pulls together a plethora of stylistic references: folk, avant rock, dance, global, jazz, sampling, you name it- in an original and exciting way that is all his own." (the scotsman)
The Sound of a powerful yet beautiful hangover resulting from a night out dancing with Frank Zappa and Astor Piazzolla, each with a girl on their arm and Duke Ellington buying chasers at the bar....
The Green Machine started life as Lau accordionist Martin Green's commission piece for last year's Celtic Connections' New Voices series. Wild noise carvings, voices of unspoilt beauty and a brass band shrunken and mutated during their trip through time and space sit atop a backline of broken beat and ferocious groove. Girls, Brass, Beats and Accordions, they've got it all !
"Tirelessly effervescent and creative with outstanding solo features" (The Herald)
Green brings together some of the most prestigious and eclectic talent from England and Scotland to form a new collective: Edinburgh jazzer Sophie Bancroft shares vocal duties with recent Bonnie Prince Billy collaborator, Inge Thomson (also of Karine Polwart Band /Harem Scarem). Brass living legend Rick Taylor with Fergus Kerr (french horn) and Andy McKreel (tuba), both regular players with the SNO and other leading orchestras. Back-line is provided by Barnaby Stradling (Eliza Carthy, Blowzabella) and Ayrshire rhythm master Alyn Cosker. The many terrifying talents of Tom Cook include electronics, guitars, sound manipulation and live sampling (Tom is a producer of drum'n'bass and electronica, working out of his native Brighton under the name "Manni"). Add to this mix accordion problem child Martin Green playing accordion, samplers and more and you have the formidable new album "First Sighting".
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
After reading the other amazon reviews for this record I did purchase it with a little trepidation. I am no fan of jazz and when fusion is used to describe a piece of music that is normally a polite way of saying "clueless and messy". However spend the money I did...
What a relief, `First Sighting' is a real mix of styles and genres but this has been melded by design rather than being lumped together by accident. Songs like `23A', `PSP' and `Shudder' are imaginative and original. Only the irritating first track `Repetition' should have been dropped and has failed to make the cut on my iPod. Putting that first was a genuine production mistake. Once you get through that there is much to enjoy and plenty of opportunity for repeated listens. A real grower.
Very difficult to make comparisons with anything else that I have heard but if pushed I would suggest David Torn, a bit of Fripp and some of the new prog types recording on the Kscope label.
What a relief, `First Sighting' is a real mix of styles and genres but this has been melded by design rather than being lumped together by accident. Songs like `23A', `PSP' and `Shudder' are imaginative and original. Only the irritating first track `Repetition' should have been dropped and has failed to make the cut on my iPod. Putting that first was a genuine production mistake. Once you get through that there is much to enjoy and plenty of opportunity for repeated listens. A real grower.
Very difficult to make comparisons with anything else that I have heard but if pushed I would suggest David Torn, a bit of Fripp and some of the new prog types recording on the Kscope label.
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