Black Motor - Vaarat Vastukset

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4...according to our Brett on Wed 14 Jan, 2009.

It's always nice to start the week off with a bit of chamber jazz. Especially when the chamber's a torture one and it contains a trapped Austrian girl whose mouth has evolved into a plaintively wailing saxophone over the course of many lonely years. Vaarat Vastukset is Black Motors' follow-up to the LP they did a while back on Qbico (look at me pretending I've heard of these before) and it's a pleasantly dour clunk n' scrapealong noodlefest guaranteed to give any listening avants hard-ons. It does brighten up from time to time, taking a more traditional (though still highly freeform) approach to prove they've got the chops to know what the rules are and exactly how they're breaking them.. Although I do always like the idea of punk-jazz played by people with no skill whatsoever. It's a 'recommended' from me, particularly loving the bit towards the end of the first lengthy track where a tribal beat kicks in unexpectedly to form up the chaos.

They hark back to New Thing sounds and Organic Music Society with tons of intelligence and no bad revisionism. They are "black" in the ice. They are not free-folk. They are a trio from Tampere (Finland) comprised of Sami Sippola (saxophones), Ville Rauhala (double bass/electric bass) and Simo Laihonen (drums). They revealed their wonderful skills and jazz abilities through a QBICO vinyl in late 2007. They've made the second greatest album, a timeless jazz recording full of sensational moods. They won't let you escape from such tremendous beauty...

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