- Audio CD (Jun 17 2011)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Tone Center
- ASIN: B000VKL0P8
- In-Print Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #51,507 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Saturn 5 |
| 2. Astro Chimp |
| 3. Song Holy Hall |
| 4. Rocket Science |
| 5. Sojlevska |
| 6. Mini Me |
| 7. Space Camel |
| 8. Moonshine |
| 9. Cap'n Kirk |
| 10. The Econoline |
Product Description
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Ironically, there's not as much rocket science here in terms of hi-tech gear and virtuosic writing as there was on early 1990s Tribal Tech albums. But there's no shortage of the stratospheric activity we've come to expect from this most enduring and creative of fusion bands. That's particularly obvious in the stunning title track, which opens with a delightfully chaotic barrage of metallic, ring-modulated guitar from Scott Henderson, before being soundly underpinned by a solid funk groove from Gary Willis and Kirk Covington and building to a gloriously savage, demonic climax. (Lovers of Henderson's great blues album, Dog Party, will note that he doesn't fail to spotlight one of his mutts here.) Like TT's previous album, Thick, this one's based on studio jams, and if that results in a mite less color than in their composed works, the set shows we don't need the starship Enterprise to take us well out of this world. --Mark Gilbert
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Let's try a little thought experiment,
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This review is from: Rocket Science (Audio CD)
Let's say you stumbled on this music kinda a-referentially. You know something about music. You've heard (of) Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Steve Howe, Jimmy Page. You've heard a little bit of prog rock. What would you think?You'd be blown away, I'd say. But what if you came at this music with a thorough knowledge of the above players, as well as owning all of King Crimson's Yes's, Hendrix's, Led Zeppelin's, and Bill Bruford's Earthworks records--and, here's the kicker--all of Tribal Tech's discs? I think you'd be underwhelmed. So which is the right response? Blown away or underwhelmed? Neither. In the Tribal Tech canon, this represents both an apex and a nadir, it seems to me. An apex, because it's some of their most complex, interactive, chops-heavy music on disc. A nadir, because it doesn't really seem to go anywhere very interesting or amount to much. In short, I'd say it's the fusion version of those technically brilliant hard-bop/post-bop neo-traditional jazz sessions where the musicianship is beyond reproach, the vibe is generally electric, but the listening experience leaves much to be desired. I thought Thick, their previous effort, was great. But this strikes me as too much of a good thing, like eating three crèmes brules in a row: gustatorily magnificent, in a sense, but so far over the top as to instigate a palate revolt. Still, worth at least four stars (maybe more) for even attempting something of this (albeit star-crossed) magnitude.
4.0 out of 5 stars
takes awhile to get into.........but.......................f,
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This review is from: Rocket Science (Audio CD)
I'll admit there's no moment on this disc like Gary Willis' bass line from Party at Kinsey's on 'Thick'; nothing that reaches out and demands your attention. This record takes the same improvisational approach as 'Thick', but is slower to offer up its charms. Much use of samples, some are almost Zawinul-like; that's a good thing. Give this one multiple listens; it will reward you.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Jazz supergroup,
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This review is from: Rocket Science (Audio CD)
You would be hard pressed to find better musicians than these guys- they are young and have technique and taste and drive but I prefer earlier work such as the Illicit CD from 1992.
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