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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Modern avant-progressive-electric-jazz , 15 Jul 2008
The Wrong Object are a extraordinarily good, modern, avant-progressive-electric-jazz or jazz/rock (but not in the 'old' meaning of the term) band from Belgium. They are an instrumental quintet consisting of five great players on guitar, tenor sax, trumpet, flugelhorn, bass, drums, samples and electronics.
Laden with a full load of heavy guitar riffs, extravagant jazz themes and electronic sounds, this CD marks a return to the rockier and densely overdriven stance that characterized the band's earlier productions. The sheer sonic texture of this album is driven by a combination of tight prog-rock sequences alternating with more open, freely improvised material. This explosive package consists of a solid, pulsing rhythm section capable of performing with versatility in any situation, aggressive guitar riffs and solos, unusual guitar-synth soundscapes, and fuzz bass guitar laced with a fiery horn duet.
Blending psychedelic jazz with modern rock sensibilities, the music of The Wrong Object is influenced by a vast array of artists ranging from Canterbury Scene prog-jazz-rock à la Soft Machine, Nucleus and Gong to Béla Bartok, Aka Moon, Charlie Mingus and Frank Zappa
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
...schizophrenic mad skills..., 15 April 2008
I first encountered The Wrong Object on their "The Unbelievable Truth" album which featured the late, great Elton Dean. But even in such exalted company, it was easy to see just how talented a band they are.
Amazingly, this set of original material is actually their first studio album, although it was recorded live in the studio, with no overdubs. So there's plenty of space for the band to stretch out. Or there would be, were some of the pieces not so brief. Sometimes, they're just getting warmed up and they come to a sudden stop.
Some tunes like the fabulous, bass driven '15/05' are just begging to be jammed out on, with its five minute life span just too damned short. Mind you, with four tracks not breaking the two minute mark, that's practically an epic!
It's actually quite a schizophrenic piece of work, as they veer from fairly straightforward, hard driving fusion into the realms of electronic space rock, without so much as a by your leave.
There's no doubting the mad skills on offer, but I was left slightly disquieted at the end. Mind you, that might have been exactly what they were looking for.
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