Replies to the review of dumtratt

dumtratt wrote: http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/2225/review_detail?review_id=26546
This album is very impressive in its performance. It sounds like a record you would buy in a store. That, however, is not a mark of quality as you might know.

This album somewhat reminds me of Billy Cobhams 'Spectrum', but without the crazy drumming and totally anarchic solo. This record is slickly produced, no fuzz, just pure slick jazz fusion.

The tracks are different in style and differ somewhat in tempo (not much however). But every track is built the same way: Electro drums, real drums on top, some instrument, pad or piano to make way for some jazzy harmonics, and a solo. Every song is very slick and impressively delivered. However it's like you hear the same song over and over. Therefore I have no favorite track.

The cover really has nothing to do with the music at all. It's not at all druggy or even close to revolutionary. Still, I think it's a good lounge record and a very promising production for the future of free music.

If this band would perform live, they'd probably be wanting to play at a cool bar where people don't want to stay and listen for too long. This would do better in a cool lounge where people stop to have a drink and smoke and talk.

To sum it up: slickly produced but would probably do better as background music in a bar or in some "cool" movie.

Ivan, i disagree. This Album deserves much more attention than being "mis-used" at a chillout lounge or so. The musicians are doing a perfect job (although i believe that the drums are loops, please forgive me if i'm wrong). I am not so much into Jazz, specially free Jazz, but this album is so good sounding that i listen to all of the tracks and not skip over the solos. Really, these guys deserve full concentration at a , lets say, Jazz Club. With people "worth" listening to them, not vice versa. :-)