Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society Simultonality
2017 - Tak:til: GBCD 048/ GBLP 048 http://glitterbeat.com/artists/joshua-abrams-natural-information-society/
2017 - Eremite Records: MTE-68 LP http://eremite.com/album/mte-68 https://eremiterecords.bandcamp.com/album/simultonality
* Joshua Abrams : guimbri, bass, small harp, bells * Lisa Alvarado : harmonium, leslie, percussion * Mikel Avery : drums, percussion * Ari Brown : tenor saxophone (5) * Ben Boye : chromatic electric autoharp, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano * Emmett Kelly : electric guitar * Frank Rosaly : drums, percussion, resonator bells
https://www.joshuaabramsmusic.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Abrams_(musician) https://www.naturalinformationsociety.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_Information_Society
Recorded · by Cooper Crane at Minbal, Chicago, Illinois, USA, on 2014 and · by Thierry Amar at Hotel 2 Tango, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on 2015.
Reviews
By John Lewis https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/apr/20/joshua-abrams-natural-information-society-simultonality-review-africa-soaring
Joshua Abrams made his name playing the double bass on the same exploratory Chicago scene that has spawned the likes of Tortoise, Hamid Drake and Matana Roberts. Here, however, he switches to the guimbri (a three-string lute associated with the Gnawa musicians of Saharan Africa) in a project that mixes spiritual jazz, spiky post-rock and Terry Riley-inspired systems music. Maroon Dune is a hypnotic groove in a 10/4 rhythm; Sideways Fall sounds like Can’s Jaki Liebezeit jamming with Philip Glass; while the closing track, 2128½, is a pulsating jazz waltz that recalls Alice Coltrane, with tenorist Ari Brown in the Pharoah Sanders role. What holds everything together, however, is the spectral presence of Africa – with Abrams’ goatskin-covered guimbri bouncing around the mix, sharing sonic space with resonator bells, bow harps and thumb pianos. A compelling Afro-futurist voyage.
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By Eric McDowell http://www.freejazzblog.org/2017/07/joshua-abrams-natural-information.html
By Bill Meyer http://dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/159532685033/joshua-abrams-natural-information
By Ian Mann http://www.thejazzmann.com/reviews/review/joshua-abrams-and-natural-information-society-simultonality/
By Marc Masters https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22964-simultonality/
By Jane Cornwell https://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/music/joshua-abrams-natural-information-society-simultonality-review-an-enchanting-lightfilled-album-a3526756.html
By Stewart Smith https://www.list.co.uk/article/90366-joshua-abrams-and-natural-information-society-simultonality/
Piotr Wojdat (pl) https://www.jazzarium.pl/przeczytaj/recenzje/simultonality
Door Philippe De Cleen (nl) http://www.writteninmusic.com/alternative/joshua-abrams-natural-information-society-simultonality/
Da DeBaser (it) https://www.debaser.it/joshua-abrams-and-natural/simultonality/recensione
Por Luis Moner (es) https://atonal.net/joshua-abrams-and-natural-information-society-simultonality/
Por José Carlos Peña (es) https://www.mondosonoro.com/criticas/discos-musica/simultonality-natural-information-society/ |
Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society - Simultonality (2017)
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01 - Maroon Dune.flac (55.8 MB)
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02 - Ophiuchus.flac (49.9 MB)
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03 - St. Cloud.flac (19.6 MB)
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04 - Sideways Fall.flac (78.4 MB)
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05 - 2128½.flac (51.2 MB)
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Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society.jpg (288.6 KB)
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Joshua Abrams, Lisa Alvarado, Mikel Avery & Ben Boye.jpg (42.5 KB)
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Tak:til, GBCD-LP 048, Eremite Records, MTE-68 LP.jpg (116.8 KB)
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back.jpg (54.5 KB)
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cover.jpg (392.9 KB)
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info.txt (81.7 KB)
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