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Taylor's
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Band/artist: Taylor's Universe
Title: Certain Undiscoveries
Released: 2006
Label: MALS |
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Track listing:
1. Mandrake
2. Little Vic
3. Nilfish
4. Majesty 7
5. Majestæten, Ministeren og Forsvarschefen
6. Remember the Bill
7. Ministry of Light
8. Coming Soon
9. Kelds far
10. Variations on a Theme by D. S.
11. A Beautiful Garden With a Lot of Depressed Animals Including Noise
Sculpture |
: : The Players : :
Karsten Vogel
(saxes, clarinet), Robin Taylor (guitars, keyboards, synths, percussion,
samples), Rasmus Grosell (drums) |
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: : Certain
Undiscoveries : :
 Taylor's
Universe is a Danish based group led by Robin Taylor, and Certain
Undiscoveries is the 6th release by Taylor's Universe since 1994, and
the 22nd release in Robin Taylor's total discography since 1991.
Musically, this release will make many reviewers tear their hair out in
frustration, as describing what's offered here is anything but easily
done. Most songs here are made with a certain jazz-grooviness present,
but added to that mix are modern electronic noises, sax and clarinet
soloing that varies from subtle melodic playing to free-form jazz
sounding atonal deliveries, the drums vary from simple pacesetting to
rhythmical experiments, the hammond organ are used extensively in most
songs and there's electric guitars added sometimes as effect and
sometimes as the solid foundation for the song. And there's lots and
lots of synths used as well here, to flesh out soundscapes as well as to
underline melody lines.
The common denominator here are melodies though - all songs here have
relatively easy accessible melody lines. Trying to place this release
within the context of a known genre is hard, but I think that fusion
would be the best overall description of the music on this release.
As for the individual songs, there's lots of goodies here. Describing
the songs here isn't an easy thing to do though, instead I'll just
recommend anyone not scared by the above description to check out the
samples available at www.cdbaby.com; as they will give a much better
feel for this music that whatever this poor reviewer can state in words.
The one track on the album which is most off-putting for most will
probably be the last track, which is more of a sound sculpture than a
song, with what indeed is a noise sculpture as well as some free-jazz
elements added here and there.
Personal highlights: Nilfish, Majestæten, Ministeren og Forsvarschefen,
Kelds far. All of them brilliant tracks, and among my favorite tracks
from 2006.
Rating: 8 (out of 10)
Reviewer: Olav Björnsen
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Website :
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: : Discography : :
Certain Undiscoveries (2006)
Oyster Apprentice (2005)
Once Again (2004)
Experimental Health (1998)
Pork (1996)
Taylor`s Universe (1994) |
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