Spaced Out - Spaced Out | ||
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Album Cover: ![[Image]](../../Images/Spacedout.jpg)
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Label: Unicorn Records Producer: Antoine Fafard Year: 2000 Total Playing Time: 54:09 m:s Review date: 19/04/2001 |
| Web site: www.unicornrecords.com Email: | ||
| Rating: 65 % | ||
| Verdict: jazz-rock intrumentals | ||
| Spaced Out were form in Montreal in 1998. They are the brainchild of bassist & composer, Antoine Fafard. Spaced Out's description of their instrumental music is "polyrhythmic games combine with modal colours to form a unique music that is instantly recognizable". The bands influences include Allan Holdsworth, Frank Zappa and ELP.
A little less esoteric description of the music might be jazz-rock fusion. The band's music combines influences from rock, jazz and funk. The band serve up their mixture of rock and jazz, structure and improvisation, in 4 to 6 minute slices. I couldn't even attempt to find the words to distinguish individual tracks, maybe the musicians amongst you could. Suffice to say that most tracks comprise of funky rhythms, keyboards and guitar workouts. Of the first 6 tracks, "Magnetyzme" with it's dominant bassline, stands out. On the 7th track - Pensestuax - the pace is more relaxed. The band let the drummer dominate "Futurosphere". The album closes with the hypnotic "Glassosphere" where synths sit on top of the rumbling rhythm section giving it a Jean Michel Jarre quality. My opinion of this album varies from day to day. Sometimes it matches my mood and I think it is excellent. At other times, I find it annoying pretentious twaddle and it gets changed after a few minutes of the opening track. I'd have to say though, that jazz-rock isn't a genre of music I listen to very often. If jazz-rock is one of the forms of music you like listening to, then check out the band at www.mp3.com/spacedout . | ||
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