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Augment and Lady
A very cool jazzy sort of prog approach, owing quite a bit to the Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon" era starts this cut. It moves forward into a solid jazz groove after a time, then wanders into space. This is a wonderfully varied jazz intro, and that is just the intro. As the introduction ends, the cut takes on a weird sort of spoken word texture with political recitations. It jumps back up after a time with beautiful music accompanying more triumphant and sedate recitations. It ends in more weirdness. |
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Lament
Saxophone begins this instrumental piece and another pretty, but somewhat melancholy melody ensues, carrying the cut forward. This is a very pretty piece in a great jazzy prog style. |
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Time Is a Hurrying Dog
Playful and bouncy, this little cut is very brief. |
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Weather
A nice jazzy groove creates the mode for this cut. It gets quite spacey after a time and dissolves down to textural, spacey keys for a time. Then a smooth saxophone melody brings the cut into its next phase. |
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Technamid
An electronically based jam, this one is a nice groove, albeit brief. |
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Disco at the End of the World
This is very weird disco music, very faithful to the disco sound, but with a very strange texture. |
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Machine Song
This one is an almost Frank Zappaish cut with very strong fusion elements and some fairly seductive female vocals. |
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Superboots Improv
This piece starts off much more fusionish and sedate, but with a very freeform sort of mode. |
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Quantum Improv
More freeform material, this cut is a lot more animated and weird. It is sort of a jazz take on a Hawkwind space jam. |
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Wild Child
Starting with a great jazz sort of texture, this one turns to more of a balladic sort of style. The cut has a general building process to it, in terms of intensity. "Wild Child" is one of the most potent cuts on the CD. |
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Zen
Xylophone type sounds begin this cut, and the track takes on a chiming sort of Japanese percussion sound. This one includes another recitation. |
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Today is Beautiful
Starting with good jazzy tones, the cut wanders toward complete chaos in a free form, experimental sort of jam. Then a rhythmic pattern that feels just a little like a heartbeat calls out a grounding pattern and the cut pulls together in a more cohesive and melodic prog manner. The instruments dance around each other in this progression for a time til the vocals enter. The cut builds from this point, and this is another high point of the collection. |
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Water
Water appropriately begins this cut in the form of the sounds of gently stirring water. The music is electronica with a bit of jazzy reed instruments serving as a companion to the poetry reading that makes up the vocals to the cut. Other nature sounds join the water as the track carries on. The cut wanders around in a jazzy sort of jam for a time to end. |
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Magenta Part 1
Atmospheric tones begin this one and serve as the backdrop for this poem. |
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It's You and Me
Weird looping vocals form the main crux of this odd piece. An electronic sort of rhythm and heavily processed real vocals in a great jazz format complete the picture. The cut wonders off in a bit of a jam later. |
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Love Poem
Acoustic guitar forms the central theme to this one, but more jazzy textures begin building on that format. This "love poem" is definitely a poem, but quite odd in its theme. The cut gets very strange as the theme becomes more and more unusual. |
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Children's Song
Playful and fun textures appropriately make up this interesting cut. The piece becomes quite potent in its arrangement, but still keeps a childlike texture to it. |
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Trees
A good jazzy sort of jam, this one gets quite powerful and the poetry reading here is considerably strong. |
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She's The Mother Of...
Another jazzy sort of arrangement, this one includes a gospel sounding sort of vocal performance on the chorus. Weirdness takes over after a time. |
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Faces of Woman
This is another excursion into weirdness. |
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Wapu-Spirit of the Bush
A sedate piece with nature sounds, this one serves as a calming conclusion to the CD. |
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