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On this particular sunny Friday, the Front Room performance space was absolutely mobbed for a magnificent full-length set from Polar Bear, fresh from appearing on Later last week. Directed from the back of the stage by drummer and band-leader Seb Rochford, who periodically added a few customarily soft-spoken comments and explanatory thoughts, the band were a joy to watch, from the obvious - the sonorous resonance of Tom Herbert's double bass, to the more discreet diversions of Leafcutter John, who at different points, not content with playing guitar and laptop-driven electronics, also used a deflating balloon, a PS2 or 3, what's the difference?
Most pleasing to see, as ever, was Mr Rochford, who, whilst driving forward the precisely constructed rhythms, maintained an expression of absolute calm that belied the blur of the drumsticks. Surely the most amazing thing about him is that his hair isn't the most amazing thing about him?
Although, of course, I write as someone for whom the idea of choosing a hairstyle is a historical irrelevance In the jazz-ist manner there was room for individual extemporisation, and happy dialogues between the twin saxes, and looped bass-lines, before falling back into the mould of the tunes, which on new album Peepers continue to feel as much like ensemble rhythmic exercises as they do musical explorations, with no one instrument really taking overall lead.
Combining tunes and dissonance, solo flourishes and neat combinations, syncopation and polyrhythms, it was an exhilarating journey through one part of a lively musical intelligence. Labels: Polar Bear , review. Corsica Studios 20 April The Big Pink's customer service department. Is this what is meant by the term fighting cock? Labels: Big Pink. Calexico Live from Nuremberg Mine would probably be something like this Davey , Nov 21, Ernest T and bvb like this.
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The collaboration was clearly a live experiment, as it was designed to be, but there were a number of truly sublime and delightful passages, not least when using several musical bottles as novel wind instruments, and smiles onstage acknowledged the success of this and other of the climactic moments.
At the close, with typical modesty, there were just a couple of bows and then the players left the stage, despite the applause ringing on for much longer. Posted by gonetothedogs at 1 comment:. Newer Posts Older Posts Home. Subscribe to: Posts Atom. You love me don't you?
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