New York producer Tony Price makes his Telephone Explosion debut with the Interview / Discount LP. Made up of two side-long tracks, the record is an electrifying collision of fractured jazz- concréte and combustible downtown funk that crushes the entire continuum between minimalism and maximalism into a hypnotic wreck of metropolitan sound matter.
Finding inspiration in the quicksilver impressionism of modal jazz, the manic bombast of early electro- funk and the narcotic non-linearity of 1970s minimalism, Price assembled a crew of jazz-funk heavyweights and free-improv wizards and set out to create an auditory representation of the soundscapes of New York City.
“Interview” is a meditative exploration of the tile-tunnelled labyrinths of NYC’s subway system at night. Saxophone soliloquies spill around a corner as a falling constellation of Rhodes tines and luminous cymbals ricochet against snaking organs. Vaporous synthesizers spark like short circuiting cables overhead as a bass clarinets chugs at a Reich-ian pulse astride a locomotive bassline carrying the listener from station to station.
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released July 17, 2020
Tony Price: Fender Rhodes, Hohner D6 Clavinet, Arp 2600, SP1200, Prophet 5, Guitars, Precision Bass & Drum Programming. Giosue Rosati: Fretless Electric Bass. Andy Haas: Saxophones & Effects. Dan Pencer: Bass Clarinet
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Had everyone had warning of what to expect? "Opener" set the scene for those unsure newcomers. "Long Way Home" - an apt title: what a break. Idris wanders off leaving Leon, Emre and Satin to find the way... with a joyful reunion at the end.
The journeys continue through the rest of the show - Leon constantly providing that anchor around which the wonder this world - and, of course, Other Worlds - fly at their own pace.
You may know of Janek Gwizdala - if not Hidden Treasures gives hints. Peter Jones
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The second sax is a nice addition! Great performances, BOTH! The .ore you listen, the more you're enveloped. The progression of this band is ASTOUNDING! Jonathan Pryor