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Lockwood, Top, Vander, Widemann – Fusion (1981) (@256)
30 Dec 2009
(Review from progweed.net)
All four of these men were members of Magma at one time or another. On this album the four of them got together to indulge their desires to play jazz fusion outside the setting of Magma, and the result is pretty good. This album is not your standard fusion; it actually leans more to a more commercial ’80s style of fusion than the usually more interesting ’70s fusion, but gives it an interesting kick in the pants.
The first track, “GHK Go To Miles” is 24 minutes long and is the weirdest and most Magma-like track on the album. It starts funky with Janick Top’s percussive bass and Christian Vander’s impeccable drumming stopping and starting in some rather unusual rhythms. The track gets more melodic and includes interesting violin and keyboard solos by Didier Lockwood and Benoit Widemann.
“Overdrive” is a nice melodic track that vaguely reminiscent of Xaal’s more melodic moments on their first album. The third track, “767 ZX” teeters perilously on the edge of cheesy smooth jazz before it veers into a fast, swinging theme complete with walking bass lines and jazzy violin and keyboard solos. This is the most overtly jazzy part of the album, and it is quite nice (even for someone who doesn’t like “real” jazz) once it gets going. “Reliefs” is the fourth and last song. It has a heavy, funky riff that is reminiscent of Birds of Fire-era Mahavishnu Orchestra.
This is an unusual album that should appeal to anyone who likes fusion and Magma. It is an interesting study in how these four very left-field musicians approached the already stagnating genre of jazz fusion.
Line-up:
- Didier Lockwood / Violin
- Jannick Top / Bass
- Christian Vander / Drums
- Benoit Widemann / Fender Rhodes, Minimoog, Prophet 5, Kobol
Track List:
01. GHK go to Miles – 23:59
02. Overdrive – 5:00
03. 767 ZX – 6:50
04. Reliefs – 8:12
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about 5 years ago
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about 2 years ago
Torrent sitesine hizli bir ºekilde dalmiºsin bakiyorum :) (VanderTop Paris 76 albümünü de aldigina bakilirsa, benim keºfettigim ºeyleri sen de keºfetmiºsin :) ben yer darligindan -ve elimde zaten 160-192 kayitlari oldugundan- bunlari henüz indiragandi etmediydim)
Bu arada bu Fusion projesinin bir de ’80 tarihli albümü var, ekip ayni, bu sefer grubun adi da Fusion olarak yazilmiº (tipki Paris 76 gibi Jannick Top’un “Utopic” firmasindan çikmiº; kapagi da çok benziyor zaten), 5 parçanin ikisi bu Fusion’la ortak (gerçi süreleri çok farkli) Ne ugraºiyorum ki, aha da albüm bilgisi: http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/fusion/paris_80/
aklinda olsun diyecem, gözüne çarparsa kap! Bendeki 192k, istersen paylaºayim (daha iyisini bulana dek yer doldurur :) )
(bu baglamda ºu sayfadaki albümlere de dikkatini çekerim. yukarida sözünü ettigim Fusion 80 ve sende oldugunu bildigim [ve bende daha iyisi kesinlikle olmayan!] albümlerden baºka, elimde USO “Nancy 75″ ve Jannick’in “Infernal Machina” albümleri de var. Paris 76′dan pek farkli olmadigi söylenen “Best on Tour 76′yi ise, farklı olan tek parçasi “Mekanik Zain” ve rateyourmusic’de albümü yorumlayan elemanin bu parça hakkinda yazdiklari yüzünden deli gibi merak etmekteyim… gerisi paso Paris 76 beya!)
(rateyourmusic’in VanderTop için yazdikleri da güzel: Also known as: Magma!!!)
Unutmadan, çok acayip bir proje olan Vander, Top, Blasquiz, Garber adiyla yayinlanan “Sons Document 1973″ albümünü de hatirlatayim. AKT serisinin 2. parçasi! (MDK’yi kaydettiklerinin ertesi akºami adi geçen dörtlü çekirdek kadro, dogaçlamanin dibine vurarak kaydetmiº, Magma yan projesinden çok Tangerine Dream, Faust veya baºka bir avantgarde grubun elinde çikma bi iºe benziyo!) bunun elimdeki kopyasinin kalitesi de 192…
Neyse, kolay gelsin. isteklerin varsa maille bildirirsin her zamanki gibi :)