David Fiuczynski & John Medeski - Lunar Crush [Japan Edition] (2007)

Posted By : thingska | Date : 30 Jul 2010 07:57:20 | Comments : 1 |

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In a break from Medeski, Martin & Wood, retro keyboardist John Medeski gets co-billing with free-thinking guitarist David Fiuczynski in a freestyle dive into a maelstrom of funk, hip-hop, jazz, and rock that grooves all the way down to the last laser pit. Medeski works out on an electronically modified Wurlitzer electric piano and a B-3 organ, playing in a funky, depth-charged, jagged style while Fiuczynski is forever chopping up the lines, streaking around the keyboards, emulating Hendrix or earlier, straighter blues guitarists. Fiuczynski's band, the Screaming Headless Torsos, provides a series of tough grooves as unyielding as its name, and Michelle Johnson's weird vocals on "Pacifica" and "Lillies That Fester..." seem to come right out of a creepy alternative rock station. The musicians these guys have absorbed would fill an encyclopedia -- to cite a few possible sources, jungle-band Miles, the first Tony Williams Lifetime, hip-hop, M-Base -- yet they manage to convert everything into a zesty, complex yet exuberant mix all their own. If you're of an electric frame of mind, check it out.

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Tracklist:

1. Vog
2. Pacifica
3. Gloria Ascending
4. Pineapple
5. Quest
6. Freelance Brown
7. Slow Blues for Fuzy's Mama
8. Lillies That Fester
9. 122 St. Marks
10. Fima's Sunrise

Personnel: David Fiuczynski (guitar); John Medeski (keyboards); Gloria Tropp, Michelle Johnson (vocals); Ed Tuton (recorder); Fima Ephron (acoustic bass, electric bass); Jojo Mayer (drums, cymbals); Gene Lake (drums).