toshinori kondo - trumpet
This record is just as wow-worthy for it's all-star cast as it is for the trance-inducing improvised grooves unleashed once you hit play.
Bill Laswell on bass. Dude recorded with Pharoah Sanders, Herbie Hancock, David Byrne, Brian Eno. Responsible for some mind-melting fusions of jazz, improv, funk and dub. Major player in 1990s New York City underground scene. Laswell's credits page on allmusic.com alone is jaw-dropping.
Toshinori Kondo on trumpter. Done some really out there shit with Peter Brotzmann but my favorite Kondo performance is alongside DJ Krush on Ki-Oku (1998).
Hamid Drake on drums. Top 5 favorite drummers of all time. Played with Ken Vandermark, William Parker, Charles Gayle, so many others. Severely under-appreciated. More music of his to be posted here soon I promise.
Aiyb Dieng on percussion. This is the only record I've honestly heard with Dieng in the ensemble but this guy has recorded with a who's who of both popular and improv-based musicians: everyone from Mick Jagger and Yoko Ono to Berniel Worrell and Sly & Dunbar.
DJ Disk. Hip. Hop. Legend. Original member of Rocksteady Crew and Invisibl Skratch Piklz. Wanna see dude just go off? (Not coincidentally in another ensemble featuring Bill Laswell) Watch this.
All are led by Italian composer/guitarist Eraldo Bernocchi, who hand-picked the players on this record.
Charged is completely improvised and recorded live. Funny that I dug this out of a stack after picking up Miles Davis' Live at Fillmore at the Austin Record Convention this weekend. Charged is formulaic post-Bitches Brew fusion for sure, but so what? Grooves are tight, improvisation is great... Enjoy!
1. Shintotech Iridescence
2. Fathoms
3. Death Tools
4. Dueling Sufis
5. Subterrania
6. Overloaded Lila/...
But the record here.
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