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CMJ (11/3/03, p.27) - "...The combination of the austere source material, found sounds, ambient recordings, and Flam's post-production work...brings the album into the realm of modern classical avant-garde...the Continuum's most groundbreaking recording yet."JazzTimes (3/04, p.77) - "THE SORCERER SESSIONS prove that, when wizards like Matthew Shipp are willing to bust even this genre's boundaries, the combination can still make new and unexpected magic."11.16189
$15.32
The Wire (p.58) - "[Shipp's playing] has a brusque, happy-go-lucky quality, like his aim is to grab ideas and freeze them in time before they go off the boil."JazzTimes (p.79) - "'GNG' begins the album with a head-solo-head structure that has a loose boppish feel to it....Shipp again has shown his vast command of his instrument's history, which he filters through his sharp perspective."Signal To Noise (magazine) (p.67) - "Like many of Shipp's best recordings, this one conveys a laid-back athleticism....As usual, Dickey is a nimble responder, dodging Shipp's rhythmic gestures as much as engaging with them."11.14973
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JazzTimes (p.129) - "Wally's knack for ass-shaking funk remains intact..."11.0126
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Alternative Press (3/00, pp.78-9) - 4 out of 5 - "...wrenches spectacular results from both contemporary technology and more antiquated means of musicmaking....favoring broken amps and malfunctioning circuits..."10.92957
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Alternative Press (10/01, p.100) - 8 out of 10 - "...This is music that doesn't pander to any expectation other than the quest for beauty, and it achieves that with ease."Magnet (9-10/01, pp.116-7) - "...A fascinating document of jazz musicians playing out their element and electronic musicians further exploring their taste for abstraction..."The Wire (1/02, p.40) - Ranked #22 in Wire's "50 Records of the Year 2001".CMJ (6/4/01, p.12) - "...A free-jazz/electronics fusion milestone....The ghost in the machine comes alive to move jazz and electronic music in an adventurous new direction."Down Beat (10/01, p.74) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...More than just a multimedia experiment, the band itself makes MASSES sound alive..."10.92957
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Mojo (Publisher) (4/04, p.143) - "[I]ts spare arrangements help emphasize Martyn's skills as impressionistic interpreter."10.92957
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The Wire (10/00, p.70) - "...A good record..."CMJ (9/25/00, p.30) - "...An improvised program both beautiful and adventurous on all fronts..."JazzTimes (3/01, pp.83-4) - "...This is one of the best free-jazz records...in a long time..."10.92957
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Alternative Press (12/95, pp.92-93) - "...What you'll hear are influences as diverse as Rod Stewart (the old, good stuff), Thin Lizzy, Lou Reed, and Neil Young. A mixed bag from country to intensity, but every word, every note, is honest....In an increasingly bland world, this is angry, bristly; it bites..."10.92957
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Spin (1/99, p.117) - "...[full of] slightly art-happy compositions..."CMJ (11/23/99, p.30) - "....Baby Ray proves that there's some creative life remaining in guitar pop....reflects some of the Boston indie pop scene from which it emerged, as well as some classic rock influences, plus the smartly crafted pop of XTC."10.92957
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Alternative Press (11/99, p.110) - 3 out of 5 - "...Madder Rose singer Mary Lorson clearly proves that she is the...band's greatest strength....her voice shines through the surrounding haze like the sun on a cloudy winter's day."Mojo (Publisher) (9/99, p.102) - "...a folkier, country-rock sound, and it suits them....Lo-fi introspection of the narcotic kind."10.92957
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The Wire (p.59) - "As ever, Previte has the ability to invest a simple machine beat with enormous character and presence, slipping the metre, adding and subtracting beats in a way that keeps the music from becoming too austere."Down Beat (pp.66-7) - 3 stars out of 5 - "The most engaging slicing and dicing comes on 'Horse Latitudes South,' which dips in and out of different jumpy tempos and takes some genuinely unforeseen turns."JazzTimes (p.90) - "Hunter has surpassed his previous work for sheer ingenuity, finding extreme tonalities and timbres within his instrument..."10.92957
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Entertainment Weekly (5/3/02, p.86) - "...Gay Dad's glam-Bowie reinventions [culminate] midway in the pop-rock nuggetry..." - Rating: BCMJ (4/22/02, p.13) - "...A 12-pack of...spacy-snotty-slick glam rock..."10.92957
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Down Beat (p.80) - 3 1/2 stars out of 5 - "THE TAO OF YO is a focused piece of avant-groove, spiked with lyrical social commentary and rooted in the electronic dance rock and hip-hop rhythms that the BRC pioneered."10.92957
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CMJ (8/27/01, p.15) - "...Another fine album..."Down Beat (12/01, pp.83-4) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...Measured and efficient with ingenuity to burn, Campbell delivers..."JazzTimes (10/01, p.91) - "...Redefines Campbell's prowess as a leader and great trumpeter..."10.92957
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Alternative Press (5/01, p.88) - 3 out of 5 - "...On this mostly instrumental, keyboard-thick solo debut, Scott gets moody, dark, almost gothic....In his hands, minimalism is moving."10.92957
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The Wire (p.49) - "[S]omething quite different -- dense yet fluid, the bubbling internal tensions of the group make the sound congeal and loom out of your speakers."10.92957
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The Wire (p.63) - "The title track of pianist Matthew Shipp's new album begins quietly and thoughtfully....It's a great record...it repositions him securely as a jazz pianist..."Down Beat (p.68) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Shipp's playing is not only what ripples on the surface, but the anxious thoughts and feelings that rumble underneath."10.92957
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CMJ - "ROCK THE NET flows remarkably well for a compilation record. It doesn't hurt that the artists have generally chosen the more relaxing bits from their new releases, as well as some older rarities."10.92957
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The Wire (p.54) - "Shipp has always approached his material from all sides, telescoping lines into thick clumps or notes or unravelling chords into strands of melody..."Down Beat (p.58) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "The pieces are developed with stunning ingenuity in order to seamlessly segue into the next. Consequently, one witnesses the unfolding of a monumental work that befits a musician who deserves a place of choice in the jazz piano pantheon."JazzTimes (p.85) - "Each tune spills into the next, making the five tracks feel like various sections of a larger suite....Shipp takes a Monkish approach, staying very close to the theme and stacking embellishments on top of it."10.92957
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Down Beat (p.50) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Shipp's piano slips into the forefront, particularly on 'Twopiece,' full of stuttering rhythms and metallic momentum..."10.92957
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Q (8/00, p.105) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...With a penchant for country balladry, her voice ranges from a dark groan to perfect clarity, and is a highlight throughout..."CMJ (7/24/00, p.24) - "...Mary Larson's growth as a songwriter emulates the natural growth of a rose - gradual, yet ultimately majestic..."Melody Maker (7/11/00, p.49) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...This rules....will make your life better if you're looking for something that engages more than your sphincter muscle, come on in."Mojo (Publisher) (8/00, p.99) - "...The patron saint of sadness....Songs unfold at their own languid pace...and, like the best songwriters, Larson renders messy complexities simple but never banal. Stealthily wonderful."NME (Magazine) (8/5/00, p.29) - 8 out of 10 - "...Let this album pour itself into your soul. Saint Low are a redemption."10.92957
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Q (9/00, p.108) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Challenging but good."Uncut (10/00, p.90) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Thoughful, raw, and genuinely innovative....A sound that is superficially drum'n'bass, but capable of devouring any influence it damn well likes..."Alternative Press (10/00, p.109) - 4 out of 5 - "...A cut above 90% of today's electronica....neatly balancing amorphous tonal explorations with chamber-jazz and groovy spy-flick vibes..."CMJ (9/11/00, p.26) - "...Brittle instrumental tracks driven by hard, distorted bass rhythms and whipcrack snare samples..."NME (Magazine) (8/19/00, p.35) - 7 out of 10 - "...Stealthy innovation and breathless compendium of sounds, amounting to a kind of avant-garde 'musique concrete'..."10.92957
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The Wire (p.54) - "Ladd's eclectic and downbeat montage of samples creates a rootless soundscape, seemingly geographically transient, restless, impatient and unsettling. It is the perfect backdrop for Ladd's soul-searching reflexes and rants."JazzTimes (p.69) - "Ladd combines the world-weary pathos and caustic wisdom of Gil Scott-Heron, Tricky and Tom Waits, relating tragic-mulatto tales and leftist social commentary in a memorable manner."10.92957
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Rolling Stone (p.124) - "THE GANG FONT FEAT. INTERLOPER was cut in a day, and the enthusiastic haste shows in the Font's knot-rock zoom and free-form blowouts."Alternative Press (p.150) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[A]s jazz-punk fusion goes, it clearly makes the most of every unexpected twist and turn..."The Wire (p.57) - "They sound like The Mothers Of Invention playing surf tunes backwards in a space age jazz club."Down Beat (p.69) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Call it rat-a-tat jazz, in-your-face punk-jazz, this collective combines the ferocity of rock 'n' roll with the finesse of a jazz group."10.92957
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Q (pp.112-113) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he results have a spacious feel which simultaneously recall The Roots' bustling rhythms and sparse electronica."Alternative Press (p.208) - "[L]ean but freewheeling enough to suggest a true, improvisatory mashup of genres. The peerless Parker and Drake rock out, get dubwise and funk up the joint..."The Wire (p.53) - "[ONLY] reverts to a more stripped down aesthetic, with Beans concentrating on his beats with an all-star rhythm section of Hamid Drake and William Parker."10.92957
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Alternative Press (9/99, p.118) - 3 out of 5 - "...Thomas' ambitious project maintains a unified perspective by virtue of disparate geographical experience....This is the most cognet musical deliberation on reigonal diaspora since Van Dyke Parks' DISCOVERING AMERICA."The Wire (4/99, p.72) - "...Free of all visual props, the music, songs and readings unfurl to reveal the richness of the project that got lost in the onstage bustle of the live performance....His surreal, sensual and visceral vision gives MIRROR MAN its strength and warped beauty."Mojo (Publisher) (5/99, p.108) - "...Thomas...writes of his native America with the heightened perception of the exile. As this mesmeric, multi-layered album unfolds, it is clear that the Jack of the subtitle is, roughly speaking, Mr. Kerouac..."10.92957
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JazzTimes (p.90) - "The second CD, entitled BELOW SEA LEVEL, is a collection of striking, avant-gardish vignettes performed strictly on acoustic instruments..."8.197174
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JazzTimes (p.107) - "At once captivating and complex, sensual and sinister, AT THE CENTER is another jewel in Thirsty Ear's jazztronica crown."7.63031
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Spin (p.91) - "[A] dozen solo piano pieces as frisky and dramatic as they are assured, generating electricity without plugging anything in." -- Grade: A-Magnet (p.118) - "His touch is lighter, and his melodies now stand in stark relief instead of rising like spray from a rolling surf of dissonance."The Wire (pp.51-53) - "ONE commands attention....This album returns Shipp to jazz roots. There are no wasted notes here -- 12 very distinctive tracks are packed into just 40 minutes."Down Beat (p.68) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Music that can conjure thoughts of a visual world has to be doing something right, and Shipp's rococo reveries have enough cinematic clout to make one thing obvious: Brooding becomes him."JazzTimes (p.95) - "He lays little eggs that evolve into wildly unpredictable shapes and then stop, in quick fades....It is all very fresh to the ear..."7.429805
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Alternative Press (10/99, p.108) - 5 out of 5 - "...his most mature accomplishment to date, it offers surprises for even diehard Shipp fans....DNA brings Shipp's tremendous decade of music to a close."The Wire (5/99, p.59) - "...DNA is like great sex. When everything fits into place, you don't notice the mechanics, you just enjoy the wild ride and revel in the intimacy..."CMJ (5/3/99, p.28) - "...The uncluttered, two-man setting allows listeners to easily hear the album's linear melodic progressions and rhythmic structures....DNA will impress both longtime fans and jazzbo come-latelys..."New Music Monthly (7/99, p.56) - "...compelling. DNA favors quietness as much as it favors dissonance, space as much as density, and it works well as both an entree into Shipp's ouvre and as another...step in his development..."7.40071
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Option (5-6/97, p.120) - "Stark and straightforward as two lanes of desert blacktop....it's the appearance of Germano that makes this dusty landscape of bleached bones and prickly cacti shimmer like an oasis....a cool, refreshing treat..."Melody Maker (6/21/97, p.51) - "...SLUSH, which I'll gladly proclaim Troubled Listening Album Of The Year, is about seductively mutable half-states in which freezing and melting...look much the same....It's a record so pristinely recorded you can hear every fractional nuance..."Musician (6/97, p.83) - "...the ambient drifts and dribbles of the minimalist tunes are often oddly engaging....a bit of acoustic guitar, restrained drums, and just enough sonic garnish to keep things interesting....captures the alternately disorienting and comforting feeling of being half-asleep in a hammock."7.40071
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CMJ (1/08/01, p.19) - Included in CMJ's "Best of the Year" for 2000.CMJ (4/17/00, p.3) - "...An exquisite listen and a welcome surprise to anyone that thought they knew what these musicians were all about."Down Beat (10/00, p.79) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...A solid, accessible introduction this prolific pianist....[he] calls it his 'easy-listening' album..."JazzTimes (6/00, pp.104-6) - "...People will be surprised at how naturally 'in' some of [the album] is....Shipp slyly drops bombs of low-end tone clusters and nervy melodic turnarounds....whether it is for sheer pleasure or propaganda, the results are ultimately rewarding."7.40071
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