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Artist: Scanner + David Rothenberg
Title: You Can't Get There From Here
Format: CD
Label: Monotype (@)
Rated: *****
Scanner, I think if you haven't spent the last decade or more on Mars, I'm sure you know his career as an electronic musician, David Rothemberg plays clarinet (here he pays duty also with a computer), he's a jazzist with a plethora of releases out on label like Terranova and ECM that itself says a lot. The result is 'delicious' and is equal to the sum of its parts, infact it's a jazzy-electronic release with a nightly atmosphere and a strong phatos. Robin Rimbaud's touch is quite recognizable and at the same time he's worked in a really quiet way, at the same time an inspired Rothemberg warms the tracks up with a soft and elegant velvet mood for his solos. Since I've mentioned ECM I'd better say this work sounds a lot like some electronic oriented releases by Jan Garbarek or Nil Peter Molver or other jazz musician on the same label, but this collaboration sound much better, both in terms of inspiration and for the soft ambiance it recreates. Its not exactly an experimental cd, or at least is not something barely comparable to Wolf Eyes plus Braxton or John Wiese plus Evan Parker, it exactly sounds like some similar works of the genre you probably have heard before, but as I've said the songs they've put together on this slab of plastic are quite excellent and the melodies are really intense. If you're looking for elegant, relaxing music for a night flight over the city, well you'll probably love this one.


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