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Artist: FULMINATE TRIO [ANDERS NILSSON/KEN FILIANO/MICHAEL EVANS] Title: Fulminate Label: Generate 12 Country: USA Format: CD Status: AVAILABLE $15.00
Description: Fulminate Trio feature Anders Nilsson electric guitar, Ken Filiano on double bass and Michael Evans on drums, with everyone doubling on electronics. Swedish-born guitarist, Anders Nilsson, has been a part of the downtown scene for the past decade and is one of unsung local heroes of jazz/rock guitar. His Swedish quartet, Aorta, has two of the finest jazz/rock discs out that we've heard in many a year. He has also collaborated with Ras Moshe, Tom Bruno and Raoul Bjorkenheim. The Fulminate Trio is Anders' new project with the great East/West bassist Ken Filiano and another unsung hero, MIchael Evans on drums. This fine disc was dropped off nearly a month ago when I wasn't at the store, so I didn't get a chance to listen to it closely until now. All I can say is - wow! All of the five songs are originals, except for the opening track, which is Carla Bley's "Floater." "Floater" is a dark, spooky tune with ominous bass and sly, skeletal guitar. It is difficult to be delicate and dark at the same time, but this piece does do that so well. Michael Evans' "Road Runner/Coyote" is a somber, freer piece with some strong bowed bass, old-fashioned slow-burning jazz/rock guitar and quick-spinning drums. "The Red One" starts off with some eerie static before the trio slowly builds freely and ominously. Soon the trio hits its stride when Ken introduces this great, hypnotic repeating bass line. Anders takes a long, story-telling guitar solo that is most inspiring, tasteful and imaginative. Fusion lovers-watch out, you have a new saviour! I am kidding actually, since Anders' solo is relatively short, to-the-point and doesn't overstay its welcome. One of the things that I dig about this trio is the way they use acoustic bass with electric guitar in a most natural way. There is a long spacy section in this piece that features eerie, minimal guitar, buzzing contrabass and free & fractured drums. "Tiger Variations" has an odd jazz/rock/psych sort of theme, reminding me of the good old early free/fusion days, before pigeonholing forced some to prejudge what they might actually dig if they heard something in a blindfold test. This is a most impressive trio offering that appears to defy categorization and remain engaging throughout. - BLG
| Artist: FULMINATE TRIO [ANDERS NILSSON/KEN FILIANO/MICHAEL EVANS] |
| Title: Fulminate |
| Label: Generate 12 Country: USA |
| Format: CD Status: AVAILABLE $15.00 |
| Description: Fulminate Trio feature Anders Nilsson electric guitar, Ken Filiano on double bass and Michael Evans on drums, with everyone doubling on electronics. Swedish-born guitarist, Anders Nilsson, has been a part of the downtown scene for the past decade and is one of unsung local heroes of jazz/rock guitar. His Swedish quartet, Aorta, has two of the finest jazz/rock discs out that we've heard in many a year. He has also collaborated with Ras Moshe, Tom Bruno and Raoul Bjorkenheim. The Fulminate Trio is Anders' new project with the great East/West bassist Ken Filiano and another unsung hero, MIchael Evans on drums. This fine disc was dropped off nearly a month ago when I wasn't at the store, so I didn't get a chance to listen to it closely until now. All I can say is - wow! All of the five songs are originals, except for the opening track, which is Carla Bley's "Floater." "Floater" is a dark, spooky tune with ominous bass and sly, skeletal guitar. It is difficult to be delicate and dark at the same time, but this piece does do that so well. Michael Evans' "Road Runner/Coyote" is a somber, freer piece with some strong bowed bass, old-fashioned slow-burning jazz/rock guitar and quick-spinning drums. "The Red One" starts off with some eerie static before the trio slowly builds freely and ominously. Soon the trio hits its stride when Ken introduces this great, hypnotic repeating bass line. Anders takes a long, story-telling guitar solo that is most inspiring, tasteful and imaginative. Fusion lovers-watch out, you have a new saviour! I am kidding actually, since Anders' solo is relatively short, to-the-point and doesn't overstay its welcome. One of the things that I dig about this trio is the way they use acoustic bass with electric guitar in a most natural way. There is a long spacy section in this piece that features eerie, minimal guitar, buzzing contrabass and free & fractured drums. "Tiger Variations" has an odd jazz/rock/psych sort of theme, reminding me of the good old early free/fusion days, before pigeonholing forced some to prejudge what they might actually dig if they heard something in a blindfold test. This is a most impressive trio offering that appears to defy categorization and remain engaging throughout. - BLG |