Longitude

Product Description
This is the second installment in the collaboration between Hunter (master of the 8-string guitar ) and Previte (electronic and acoustic drum virtuoso). This time around the rotating third member slot is filled by turntable wizard DJ Logic. Together they've turned up the heat, further progressing their sound into a more aggressive mix of funk, jazz, and jam band-style rock.

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Average customer rating: 2 down, one to go ... Demoniac!

Longitude Charlie Hunter , Bobby Previte , and DJ Logic Manufacturer: Thirsty Ear ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Latitude Outre Mer Come in Red Dog, This Is Tango Leader Copperopolis The Coalition of the Willing ASIN: B0009VI4H6 Release Date: 2005-07-12

Tracks:

1. Transit of Venus
2. Tycho Brahe
3. March 1741, Cape Horn
4. Course Made Good
5. Dead Reckoning
6. Medicean Stars
7. Jupiter Mask
8. H-4
9. Back-Quadrant
10. Epherimedes
11. Prime Meridian
12. South Heading

Album Description

This is the second installment in the collaboration between Hunter (master of the 8-string guitar ) and Previte (electronic and acoustic drum virtuoso). This time around the rotating third member slot is filled by turntable wizard DJ Logic. Together they've turned up the heat, further progressing their sound into a more aggressive mix of funk, jazz, and jam band-style rock.

Customer Reviews:

2 down, one to go ..........2005-08-07

Thirsty Ear's Blue Series imprint has long been known for its adventurous crossover projects, from the unlikely merger of underground Hip-Hop and Free Jazz on "Antipop Consortium vs. Matthew Shipp" to the radical summit meeting of DJ Spooky, Dave Lombardo (Slayer/Fantomas) and Meat Beat Manifesto on "Drums of Death." Bridging the ostensibly divergent worlds of improvisational Jazz and rigorously structured Electronica and Hip-Hop, no other label has had as solid a run as Thirsty Ear has.

"Longitude" is the second entry in Thirsty Ear's documentation of Groundtruther's proposed trilogy. Guitarist Charlie Hunter and Percussionist Bobby Previte's collective trio with a rotating third member has only one previous release under their belt, 2004's "Latitude." Joined by saxophonist Greg Osby, the trio elicited a program that was adventurously elliptical and a harbinger of things to come.

Beginning with 2003's "Come in Red Dog, This is Tango Leader," Hunter and Previte's collaboration has grown beyond its humble beginnings. What was once a groove oriented duo project with a tendency towards atmospheric production and the occasional experimental foray, Groundtruther has morphed into an altogether more unpredictable entity.

Recording live in the studio with added guest DJ Logic on turntables, Groundtruther has ventured even further from the jazz mainstream to find itself straddling the fence separating the worlds of improvised rock and electric jazz. Jazztronica is still an untested term, but one would be hard pressed to find a better euphemism for the tasty playing found in the grooves on this record. The traditional concept of jazz swing is decidedly absent, but the rhythmic pulse and improvisational spirit of jazz definitely informs these proceedings.

The rhythms are as diverse in their origin as Dub, Funk, Hip-Hop, Jungle and Drum-N-Bass. But there is also a heavy, Bluesy Classic Rock feel to these sessions as Hunter's guitar belts out one acid phrase after another while Previte pummels the skins mercilessly. "Dead Reckoning", "Prime Meridian" and "Jupiter Mask" suggest what Black Sabbath might have sounded like had they been influenced by mid-1970's electric Miles Davis. Previte lays down thunderously aggressive beats, DJ Logic samples bleating horn sections and squalling saxophones while Hunter just burns over the churning rhythm with chunky fragmented chords and screaming long guitar tones.

DJ Logic's choice of vinyl source material for scratching and looping is so well suited to the trio's concept that it almost sounds as though he isn't even present, so deep-rooted and intertwined is his contribution. His manic scratching is heavily featured in a frenzied duet with Previte's live and sampled drums while Hunter grinds out a distorted ostinato on the Drum-N-Bass inspired "March 1741, Cape Horn".

The most surprising sonic derivation is not DJ Logic's turntablism or Bobby Previte's inventive flourishes from his electric drum kit, but Hunter's increasingly nasty guitar tone. Channeling Hendrix at points, Hunter plows through the rhythms with twisted and bent tones dosed with an acidic sheen that sound light years before his time. Listen to the stinging guitar lead of "Jupiter Mask" for ample proof. It is a bold new direction for him and a refreshing departure from his low-key signature sound.

The entire affair isn't all full-on burn however, there are a few moments of introspective reflection. "Epherimedes" and "South Heading" materialize in the final stages of the record, for an almost chill effect. Melody is ever present, no matter the energy level of the piece. The opening "Transit of Venus" with its repeated descending melody line and layers of sampled voices, flirts with pop song tunefulness, locked down with a groove so tight one could imagine it appealing to jam band fans as easily as indie rock kids.

More aggressive, funky and propulsive than "Latitude" or anything else in Hunter and Previte's catalog (including his electric bar band - Latin For Travellers), "Longitude" is a must hear for those interested in the possibilities of combining the tonal colors and driving rhythms of rock with jazz's improvisational sensibility.

Demoniac!.......2005-08-02

Second out for Groundtruther project. Guest DJ Logic's messing around with turntablism allows Previte & Hunter to ride free in continuous sound hints and sparkling solos. Previte is powerfull and heavy-beating on acoustic drum; Hunter turns distorsion on and plays lots of dramatically-bare riffs for high moments of interplay.
Less 'jazz-like' than Latitude, maybe difficult to listen to for predictability-bound ears, but fresh and stimulating if you approach music by the what's-going-to-happen side.

Average customer rating:

Songs Of Latitude And Longitude Best Boy Electric Manufacturer: Parasol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000MC5RZO

Product Description

Best Boy Electric / Songs Of Latitude And Longitude Track Title 1. Gravity 2. Wormwood And Distaff 3. Dolly Madison 4. Boxing Day 5. Wooden Teeth 6. Géricault 7. Insect 8. Borrowed Light 9. (Untitled)

Average customer rating: It's About Time Leylines is the bomb

Longitude 2 Degree Various Artists Manufacturer: Import [Generic] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Drum & Bass | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005Q63E Release Date: 2001-10-29

Tracks:

1. Brother
2. Naima
3. West of Athens
4. Cruiseship - Shawn Ward
5. Sing the Word - Serious Malfunktion
6. Touch
7. Moon Is High - Salvador Group
8. Jazz Ascension - 95 North
9. Brasilena - Botella & Berardi
10. Boom
11. 69 Overdrive
12. So Blue It's Black - Underwolves
13. Hurtin' Me - Chris Lum
14. Crazy Drum - DJ Motion
15. Freak Out - Conga Squad
16. SPQR
17. Blue Amazon - YMC
18. Can't Let You Go - Native New Yorkers,

Album Details

Second Installment in the Relaunched Journeys by DJ, the Thinking Clubber's DJ Mix Series.

Customer Reviews:

It's About Time.......2003-01-17

... I have to say: ... this may be one of the best jazz-triphop-remix discs of all time! I'm a big fan of Mark Farina and Sander Kleinenberg and this Leylines disc is up their with their best work. Some of the mixes and samples have to be heard to be believed. More than just technically proficient, the content is also impressive (is that a Lou Rawles clip buried in there?). "Seemless" and "classy" are understatements at best. I've been listening to it for about a year now (on an almost daily basis) and it still hasn't gotten old. Do yourself a favor, go out and get this album.

Leylines is the bomb.......2002-06-07

What puts leylines a notch ahead of all the other downtempo mixes I've heard in the last year or so is that not only is just about every song great to listen to--soulful, jazzy, and all the while invigorating and danceable (yet each is fairly unique)--but the mixing is impeccable and for the most part the CD constantly progresses and builds on itself. This is the one feature of mixed music which I feel is absolutely indispensable--an arrangement which allows the whole album (or club gig for live performances) to feel as though it is one giant, great song you wish would never stop. So many DJ's nowadays, in their lack of musical theory or whatever, may do a great job of mixing on the technical level (which of course doesn't take a genius), but don't necessarily bring us that feeling of an ever-evolving fiesta of mind and body. Tim Fielding does it with pizazz. Buy this album--it is so versatile too.

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