Necks - Hanging Gardens CD
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The Necks have many fine albums, but this remains their single greatest work, imo.
This is a single full hour piece that, like Manuel Gottsching's E2-E4, sets up what seems to be a simple groove, and then dances around within that simple framework in a masterful way. Totally hypnotic & entrancing; recommended!
"Australian trio the Necks have caused a huge stir recently, creating ripples in the usually calm waters of improvised contemporary jazz. Their daring fusion of improvised jazz with chill-out dance music and minimalism has been hailed by the international music press, and with ten years of recording and playing live behind them, they have established a substantial following. With just acoustic piano, double bass, drums and the odd sample they have created their own unmistakable style. The method is simple; they start playing, and whatever it is they start with they just keep doing it, while any changes are only allowed to be gradual. It makes for a hypnotic dream-like experience, as if Miles Davis's In A Silent Way had been filtered through the minimalist concepts of Terry Riley and Phillip Glass"-press release.
"One of the finest, most accessible and genuinely revelatory improvising groups on the planet" - Straight No Chaser.
"The listener can drift in and out of the record as if in a dream state" - The Wire