Top Bar
Musique Machine Logo Home ButtonReviews ButtonArticles ButtonBand Specials ButtonAbout Us Button
SearchGo Down
Search for  
With search mode in section(s)
And sort the results by
show articles written by  
 Review archive:  # a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

The Antripodean Collective - The Massacre of the egos [Extreme Records - 2008]

The Massacre of the egos is the bringing together of five of Australia’s most respected and versatile jazz musicians for a collection of highly rewarding and varied improvised tracks that go from angular and dense, to playful and pretty, to striped down, barren and a little odd- all weaved in and out with melodic edges and atmospheric bite.

Featured here we have the considerable and highly creative talents of Scott Tinkler on Trumpet, John Rodgers on  Violin , Philip Rex on Double bass, Ken Edie On Drums and lastly but hardly leastly Paul Grabowsky on piano and prepared piano elements. The seven pieces on offer were recorded over a two day period and feature no editing or overdubs. The album starts of quite dense, full and very active- but each player is heard and considered in the improvising that’s often edged with harmonic and atmospheric traits along the way. As the album goes on the tracks start to slow and thin out focusing more one or two themes and vibes compared with the early tracks that jump all over the places- also the improvising shows it less harmonic tendencies become more experimental, jarring and edgy- with bizarre elements like playing trumpet through water been added.

A rich, sometimes dense sometimes stripped down and creative selection of improvised track that are not afraid to have both harmonic and more bizarre/ experimental sides  too. Each player shining on their own but also compliment their fellow players wonderfully

Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5Rating: 3 out of 5

Roger Batty
Latest Reviews

The Antripodean Collective - The...
The Massacre of the egos is the bringing together of five of Australia’s most respected and versatile jazz musicians for a collection of highl...
190424   Zachary James Watkins - Affir...
180424   Ulvtharm - 7 Uthras
180424   The Bad Shepherd - The Bad Sh...
180424   Impulse - Impulse( Blu Ray)
170424   Jan Jelinek - Social Engine...
170424   Carlos “Zíngaro”, Guilherme R...
160424   The Borderlands - The Borderl...
160424   Rien - The New Source Recording
160424   Worship - Thoughts
150424   Lion-Girl - Lion-Girl(Blu Ray)
Latest Articles

The Music of Clay Ruby & Burial H...
Over the last couple of decades Wisconsin native, Clay Ruby has been creating some of the world’s finest dark electronic music under the Burial Hex mon...
280324   The Music of Clay Ruby & Buri...
290224   Sutcliffe No More - Normal Ev...
100124   Occlusion - The Operation Is...
181223   Best Of 2023 - Music, Sound &...
051223   Powerhouse Films - Of Magic, ...
181023   IO - Of Sound, Of Art, Of Exp...
210923   Lucky Cerruti - Of Not so Fri...
290823   The Residents - The Trouble W...
110723   Yotzeret Sheydim Interview - ...
250523   TenHornedBeast - Into The Dee...
Go Up
(c) Musique Machine 2001 -2023. Twenty two years of true independence!! Mail Us at questions=at=musiquemachine=dot=comBottom