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Brainkiller: Colourless Green Superheroes
ByKeyboardist Koller is fond of overdriving his Fender Rhodes to the point where he conjures Chick Corea's banging around on Miles Davis: Live At The Fillmore East (March 7, 1970): It's About That Time (Columbia, 2001). Koller tries to mimic electric guitars on "The Vindicator Returns" while providing a parlor concert on acoustic piano on "Noodlin.'" Allen's trombone takes on as many personae as there are songs, from the Ray Nance-blues talking 'bone on "Noodlin'" to the Havana-by-way-of-Tunis tones of "Orange Grey Shades."
The trio is very adept at what might be called jazz. "Plates" is a complex, almost Zappa-esque study, while "Scribble" is uhm-pah with a backbeat. Brainkiller and, indeed, most of the RareNoise roster is attempting to push music to the next level, one that is beyond genre specification and categorization. They do so with a solid sincerity and clear vision that is not so much intending to destroy older forms as to recast them.
Track Listing
The Vindicator Returns; Scribble; Empty Words; Top of the World; Orange Grey Shades; A Piedi Verso II Sole; Plates; Noodlin; Labratorio; Secret Mission; Otaku Goes To A Rave; Viv; To Be Continued.
Personnel
Brainkiller
band / ensemble / orchestraJacob Koller: piano, fender rhodes, keys; Brian Allen: trombone, effects; Hernan Hecht: drums.
Album information
Title: Colourless Green Superheroes | Year Released: 2013 | Record Label: RareNoiseRecords
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