ELEPHANT9 WITH REINE
FISKE
Atlantis
Atlantis
sees Scandinavian trio Elephant9 tackling their fourth album with the aid of
Swedish guitarist Reine Fiske. And it’s a beauty – a steaming full-throttle
mash-up of rock and jazz that could strip paint.
Imagine Soft
Machine or King Crimson at their dizzily inspired free-form best, with a shot
of ’70s Miles Davis thrown in for good measure.
Opening
track, 'Black Hole', sounds like it’s about to collapse under the weight of its own
momentum, its layers of analogue keyboards sounding deliciously fuzzy and
distorted over furious drumming - genuinely exciting stuff.
'A Foot In
Both' is gently bucolic, spidery guitar skittering over glasslike keyboard
shimmers before 'Psychedelic Backfire' kicks up the dust again with an almost
Sabbath-like riff of pile-driving heaviness built over a two-note bass hook.
Despite the furious technical chops on display, things never get too cerebral
or too clever. This is music which aims for the gut, rather than the head.
Neil Hussey
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