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Astronautilus est la photosynthèse d’un monde insensé, de la part d’un groupe moins planant, plus ténébreux, mais toujours simplement en quête de bénédiction
astronautilus on vinyl
it’s lush…
***** The momentum of creativity is undipped
**** Seriously creative … wonderfully irreverent
A blast of assured electro-jazz
a block-rocking riot
The fifth album from the Bristolian electro-jazzers is a block-rocking riot, says Louder Than War’s Paul Margree. Get The Blessing navigate the same rich delta of post-everything British jazz rock as those other free ranging explorers Led Bib, Polar Bear, Acoustic Ladyland, …
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**** a welcome addendum of mystique, intrigue and flat out bravado to the jazz vernacular
pounding rhythms, spacious atmospheres and strongly-crafted melodies – plus, of course, the unpredictability and musical mischievousness that have made the band so exciting and successful
Krautrock…Eno-esque minimalism…resembles a BBC Radiophonic Workshop monster 7/10
Punk-jazzers moving into wierder territory on fourth LP. This Bristol-based quartet have been steadily moving away from their initial incarnation as an Ornette Coleman tribute band with every successive release. On their fourth album, the vestiges of “jazz” are still …
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**** This is trip hop-informed contemporary jazz-rock at its very best
The Portishead-affiliated jazz-rock band hit new heights on their first fully improvised album You may be familiar with Portishead’s rhythm dream-team of Jim Barr and Clive Deamer. You may not know, though, that since 2000 they have been members of …
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