Mark Turner (mturner@netcom.com)
Thu, 26 Nov 1998 21:52:07 -0800 (PST)
Here's another review of the Chessie album, from this past week's
Tower E-Pulse magazine:
> 6. ear-play of the week:
> Do the reputedly chaotic rhythms of drum and bass seem too
> synchronized for your tastes? Do quirky sound bites bore you, especially
> when they appear atop thoughtlessly danceable beats. Then CHESSIE, born
> Stephen Gardner, is your man. After upending the guitar strumming that
> opens the album 'SIGNAL SERIES' (Drop Beat, out now) with a rising tide of
> synthesized tonal baubles, Chessie never quite restores the album's
> equilibrium -- and the listener is all the more fortunate for it. Tracks
> layer so much field-recording material (trains are a fave), analog
> musicianship and digital percussion that no single entry proves
> characteristic of the record as a whole. Nonetheless, a languid, song-like
> feel informs much of the album, especially on the brief, Eno-esque
> "Landjet" and slowly warping "Shasta." (Weidenbaum)
You can check out some audio clips at the Drop Beat web site:
www.dropbeat.com.
-- Mark Turner | "Jazzadelica" with Rocky Rococo on KFJC mturner@netcom.com | Sundays 10pm-2am, 89.7 FM, Los Altos Hills, CA
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