- Audio CD (26 Mar 2012)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: SAM 9004
- ASIN: B000PA9PII
- Other Editions: MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 279,763 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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This is the trio of Asaf Sirkis, a drummer best known for his work with sax player Gilad Atzmon or guitarist Nicolas Meier. This album of his own compositions is bold in its attempt to create an original sound, but has few flashes where it attains anything deeper than ambiance.
With Sirkis are Steve Lodder on keys and Mike Outram on electric and acoustic guitars. Sirkis, originally from Israel, professes Tony William's Life Time trio as a huge influence, and he is certainly striving to say some very profound things about the state of the Universe here, judging by the track names and his own comments.
This experimental jazz-rock often dwells in the background, and for large swathes of the album you feel as if you are treading a repetitive circle. But there are moments of depth and beauty.
Lodder on keys is rescued from being plodding by his choice of organ sounds. The effect of a church organ in several tracks is original and enchanting when you first hear it.
The titular first track, ''The Song Within'', with its pleasantly soporific ambiance, leads nicely into the crashing interstellar battle of track 2, the first part of the ''Nothingness'' suite. This rising anthem contains some fine licks from Outram.
Track 3, ''When You Ask Why'' is typical of much of the album - a repetitive mutating line is overlaid with an endlessly climbing guitar track. Prog City. Apart from that a highlight is ''Miniature'', which is reminiscent of late 90s stoner music.
This album is rescued from mediocrity by the aforementioned majestic organ sounds, by the relentless energy of Outram, and by an overall aesthetic that strives more for atmosphere than detail. Hopefully further experimentation will create something more substantial! --David Labi
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The song within is the third album by asaf sirkis' trio. It features the wonderful guitarist mike outram, a player who has studied many guitar styles, and one who uses all his knowledge to execute solos of great lyricism, power and imagination. unlike many contemporary improvisers outram knows how to use space in his solos, and he has a gift (which is extremely rare) of being able to weave melodic lines of great beauty and power. outram also plays in a style which integrates optimally within the compositional and improvisatory frameworks. if this seems too high praise i urge you to listen to mike outrams playing on the 3 albums by inner noise.
asaf sirkis is the groups drummer and composer. he writes in a style which is lyrical and exciting, a perfect foil for his driving playing which has all the technique and finesse of the great modern jazz masters i e dejohnette, colaiuta. however, asaf seems not to be a mere plagiarist.
sirkis' major influences are allan holdsworth and olivier messiaen. steve lodder on keyboards plays with a sound approximating a church organ. the group however plays with a 'sound' of a jazz rock group, but the players experience in jazz groups gives the music an interactivity and flexibility which is all too often missing in that genre. there is plenty of improvisation in this group, lodder is an interesting contrast to outram. the wide dynamic of the music and playing gives the album contrast and shape.
the song within is an important album and worthy successor to the groups 2 other albums.
the originality of asaf sirkis' vision has hindered this groups acceptance within the u k scene. the bland play with the improvisational freedom of a jazz group, but use the essence of messieans harmonic and metrical language blended with jazz rock's vitality. indeed the music is so free of cliche that many people fail to engage with it, being apparently too reliant on the comforts of jazz's mainstream traditions.
asaf sirkis is the groups drummer and composer. he writes in a style which is lyrical and exciting, a perfect foil for his driving playing which has all the technique and finesse of the great modern jazz masters i e dejohnette, colaiuta. however, asaf seems not to be a mere plagiarist.
sirkis' major influences are allan holdsworth and olivier messiaen. steve lodder on keyboards plays with a sound approximating a church organ. the group however plays with a 'sound' of a jazz rock group, but the players experience in jazz groups gives the music an interactivity and flexibility which is all too often missing in that genre. there is plenty of improvisation in this group, lodder is an interesting contrast to outram. the wide dynamic of the music and playing gives the album contrast and shape.
the song within is an important album and worthy successor to the groups 2 other albums.
the originality of asaf sirkis' vision has hindered this groups acceptance within the u k scene. the bland play with the improvisational freedom of a jazz group, but use the essence of messieans harmonic and metrical language blended with jazz rock's vitality. indeed the music is so free of cliche that many people fail to engage with it, being apparently too reliant on the comforts of jazz's mainstream traditions.
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