Bateless Edge
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| Studio album from Frogg Café | ||||
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2010 |
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| Label (s) | 10T records | |||
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CD |
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Title (number) |
6th |
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running time |
76m56s |
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Bill Ayasse, Frogg Cafe |
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Studio (s) |
Blue Frogg Studios ( Setauket ), Frogg Studio North (South Salem) |
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Bateless Edge is the fifth studio album by the US jazz rock band Frogg Café . It was released on July 2, 2010 via 10T Records.
construction
At the center of the album is the three-part suite Under Wuhu Son , the title of which is based on Emily Prager's book “Wuhu Diary: On Taking My Adopted Daughter Back to Her Hometown in China”. The other tracks have no relation to each other in terms of content, so that "Bateless Edge" is not a concept album despite this structure .
Style and reception
On “Bateless Edge”, Frogg Café moves away from the zappaesque sound of the previous albums . Although jazz influences can still be heard on the album, it covers a wide musical spectrum; This is how the basic structure of Pasta Fazeuhl was created after a performance by the Zeuhl band Magma at NEARfest 2003.
The final instrumental RIO piece Belgian Boogie Board , which contrasts with the comparatively quiet previous vocal piece From The Fence , is probably the most inaccessible piece on the album and is seen by some critics as a weak and by others as the high point of the album.
Despite this diversity of opinion, "Bateless Edge" received consistently positive reviews; for example Nik Brückner writes:
“With its daring but disarming casualness, which results in a real fusion of eclecticism, this disc is able to bring a lot to the point and thus offers a wealth of what is so great about Prog. Frogg Café have outdone themselves (and many, many others). "
On Progarchives.com the album got 5 out of 5 stars, the Dutch Progressive Rock Pages gave it 7 out of 10 points. The baby blue pages awarded “Bateless Edge” the award as “Tip of the Month August 2010”.
Track list
- Terra Sancta (12:10)
- Move over, I'm Driving (7:59)
- Pasta Fazeuhl (14:01)
- Under Wuhu Son
- In The Bright Light (8:22)
- Left For Dead (5:36)
- Brace Against The Fall (6:14)
- From The Fence (12:03)
- Belgian Boogie Board (10:31)
Trivia
The liner notes indicate that the opening piece Terra Sancta is dedicated to the children of those killed during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 . The back of the CD cover shows a sunflower in front of the World Trade Center , which was photographed on August 28, 2001, just a few days before the attacks.
An instrumental prelude to Move over, I'm Driving was released on the download-only album "On The Lillypadd".
Individual evidence
- ↑ Emily Prager: Wuhu Diary: On Taking My Adopted Daughter Back to Her Hometown in China , Random House , ISBN 978-0375503498
- ↑ Dirk Reuter: Review of Bateless Edge on the Babyblauen Seiten. July 14, 2010, accessed on August 6, 2010 : "For me, however, this piece is the only weak point of the CD due to its somewhat deliberate inaccessibility (...)."
- ^ A b Brian Watson: Bateless Edge on the Dutch Progressive Rock Pages. Retrieved August 6, 2010 : "It's not going to gain them any new fans, put it that way."
- ↑ sinkadotenfree: Review of Bateless Edge . August 2, 2010, accessed on August 6, 2010 : "This is so good. It's like Chamber music here. It picks back up before 9 minutes. I like the last gasp of music here after the song has already ended. Like a monster not willing to die. "
- ↑ Nik Brückner: Review of Bateless Edge on the Babyblauen Seiten. July 9, 2010, accessed August 6, 2010 .
- ↑ Bateless Edge on Progarchives.com. Retrieved August 6, 2010 .
- ↑ Baby Blue Pages: Tip of the Month Archive 2010. Retrieved on August 6, 2010 .
- ↑ On The Lillypadd on the baby blue pages. Retrieved August 6, 2010 .
Web links
- Bateless Edge on 10T Records
- Bateless Edge at Allmusic (English)
- Reviews of Bateless Edge on the baby blue pages