Track Listings (1) - Disc #1| All Artists: Necks Title: Aether Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Label: Import [Generic] Release Date: 2/18/2003 Album Type: Import Genres: Jazz, New Age, Pop Style: Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 766489815329 |
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 | Necks Aether Genres: Jazz, New Age, Pop
Australian only release from this band that garnered praise from of all over the world. The Necks produce brilliant & haunting cutting edge jazz that defies classification. They recently composed for the Aussie film 'T... more » |
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Album Description Australian only release from this band that garnered praise from of all over the world. The Necks produce brilliant & haunting cutting edge jazz that defies classification. They recently composed for the Aussie film 'The Boys'. 'Real splendour...this is a hugely mature album, a rare spark of brilliance that essentially squeezes the jazz trio into Krautrock jackets, a marvel' says THE WIRE (UK). 'It's ambient jazz & it's wonderful' says L.A. JAZZ SCENE, 'The perfect soundtrack for long journey in a car you really enjoy driving' says GRAMAPHONE JAZZ. The praise goes on & on. 2001 release. Digipak. Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsGeologic music? B Brown | Portland, OR | 08/07/2004 (5 out of 5 stars) "This album is my first and only exposure so far to the music of this Australian trio. As you can see this recording, named for the firmament yet carved into the grain of wood, contains a single track that clocks in at 63 minutes. While this may sound like tedium to some, it rewards the listener who allows for a different conception of time in music. But unlike ambient music's flat-line of dynamic, there is progression and tension in Aether. The composition is basically formed around a cycle of chords that, to start, are very separated-20 seconds peak-to-peak-and gradually move closer together while adding more instrumental color (organ, electric piano, electric bass, arco bass, bells, tumba) around the core of acoustic bass, cymbals, and piano. The opening chord itself gorgeously plunges you into the cycle and the evolution begins; at the end, you can't believe how you arrived there. Obvious comparisons can be made to Steve Reich, Terry Riley, Can, Fela Kuti, Basinski's Disintegration Loops, and many others but it must be said that The Necks are plying their own sound. There is perhaps a reflection of the Australian landscape-the vast stretches of land, island isolation-seen in the long-form that their music prefers. Indeed, I listened to Aether while driving across Idaho on Highway 20 and found it an ideal companion." Special recording- Best to Date! Carl Johnson | Detroit, MI United States | 02/24/2005 (5 out of 5 stars) "The Necks from Australia are kind of the underground band out there in the new music (jazz) scene. The Necks are noted to make mostly 60 minute one song CD's.
Aether is a wonderful 'moment in time'. I hear Jade Warrior's magic (Island Years), Medeski, Martin and Wood (Tonic) and some of the best ECM sounds when that label transformed for a brief time towards a new age leaning sound (Soltice, Towner, Oregon -Vangaurd). It is a music groups' masterpiece. The musicians 'hear' each other and follow the airy and building mood from beginning to the end of the piece. I normally don't get into too much really mellow sounding stuff, but Aether is just an exceptional record. I can't get enough of it. Exquisite spin!" |
