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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I must admit that I was a bit disapointed when I heard Tim Friese Green was going to shelve his Heligoland project to produce something very minimal and, dare I say it, Jazzy. I hate Jazz- just can't get my head round it! The only jazz album I've bought was Portico quartet's Knee Deep in the North sea which is ok but soon becomes repetitive. It tells me nothing about the North Sea! And that brings me to the beauty of this work. 10 sketches says it all - simple, minimal pieces a bit like Bach's piano works - you can make your own titles to these tracks depending on what they say to you.
It's a bit like contempory jazz but it's not like it at all, if you know what I mean. I love it!
It's a bit like contempory jazz but it's not like it at all, if you know what I mean. I love it!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This record certainly is not what fans of the first two solo albums of Tim Friese-Green(under the name of Heligoland) expected. Time Friese-Green chose to publish this record under his own name, probably to make clear that this album is different from the ones recorded under the name of Heligoland. The output of Heligoland can be qualified as some kind of indie rock. In comparison, this album is clearly jazz, even if Tim Friese-Green qualifies it as the true third way of jazz (neither free nor not-free). The album is not bad at all, but at the same time you cannot get rid of the feeling that something is missing. The ten sketches hardly vary from one to the other and there are very few genious moments as there always were on Talk Talk records. But in defense of this record it has to be said that it clearly ressembles more the records of Talk Talk then what Tim Friese-Green did under the name of Heligoland. Moreover, the album was mixed by Phill Brown, not unknown to Talk Talk fans. So in some way the album can be qualified as avantgarde pop. Only real negative point is that the album is very short (24 minutes). For all the fans of Tim Friese-Green and of Talk Talk "10 sketches for piano trio" is worth exploring.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I wanted to review this album in isolation form other Friese-Greene projects. The trouble is, most people who will wash up in this small corner of Amazon will be in search of some kind of post-Talk Talk fix. For this reason it needs putting into context. This is not the magnificent production piece of Spirit of Eden, nor the epic guitar sound of the first Catherine Wheel album; niether is it the raw garage noise of some Heligoland recordings. But if you can hear the connection between all of those albums, you will find it again here - stripped to the minimum.
I can see why references to jazz are made: the instrument combination of piano, double bass and drums is classic. But jazz - to me - implies a foundation in some kind of groove, even if only on a very fundamental level. This album on the other hand genuinely sounds like a someone sketching, sparsely, with the instruments. It is Ellington's 'Money Jungle' with the jazz sucked out.
If you are looking for toe-tapping tunes to hum, this may not be for you. If you like the Friese-Greene sound coupled with the minimalist approach, give this a go.
Personally I like this album - a lot.
I can see why references to jazz are made: the instrument combination of piano, double bass and drums is classic. But jazz - to me - implies a foundation in some kind of groove, even if only on a very fundamental level. This album on the other hand genuinely sounds like a someone sketching, sparsely, with the instruments. It is Ellington's 'Money Jungle' with the jazz sucked out.
If you are looking for toe-tapping tunes to hum, this may not be for you. If you like the Friese-Greene sound coupled with the minimalist approach, give this a go.
Personally I like this album - a lot.
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