Naked Truth - Avian Thug
SKU
25-RNR-CD-057
"Naked Truth are Lorenzo Feliciati on bass, Pat Mastelotto on drums, Roy Powell on hammond, fender and prepared piano and Graham Haynes on electrified cornet. Naked Truth's sound is a powerful amalgam of early 70's jazz-rock (Miles, Weather Report and RTF) and King Crimson sensitivities.
Recorded in the South Of England at the end of their 2013 European Tour, Avian Thug is the third studio album by jazz-rock ensemble Naked Truth, after Shizaru in 2011 and Ouroboros in 2012.
Avian Thug develops its themes across seven compositions, stretching from intensely furious electric jazz cavalcades, whose ancestry can be traced back both to Miles’ electric work but also more recent European progressive jazz and progressive rock, to extended soundscapes, whose colors are reminiscent of the work of Jon Hassell or Nils Petter Molvaer.
Over the last four years, Naked Truth’s writing style has become progressively more incisive and focused, aided by the very tight co-production work of Lorenzo Feliciati and Bill Laswell, who also is responsible for the final mix of Avian Thug. Graham Haynes’ trumpet tone has acquired clarity and expressiveness, Feliciati’s bass work is now more essential as are Powell’s presdigitations on analog keyboards and prepared piano, supported by Mastelotto’s polyrhythmic ever inventive and powerful electronic and acoustic drum and percussion work."
- LabelRare Noise
- UPC5060197760793