The Necks - Silverwater

Their first studio CD for three years - named after an industrial suburb in Sydney - famous mainly for its correctional facility - Silverwater ranges further and wider than the Necks' former releases, exploring a more sectional structure that counterposes extremes and contrasts, and possesses a greater sense of forward motion than we are accustomed to with this most economical of bands - though it still retains the long, hypnotic single-track iterative form for which they have been praised. Layers and skeins of overdubs and shifting textures give way to almost empty stretches as the piece evolves, and there is much play with asynchronous time. Paradoxically, for a band renowned for its slow, cycling, repetitions, the Necks show
again that they are a band who try constantly not to repeat themselves.

"Delightful, beautiful, trance inducing and extremely clever" Interactive DJ

"If you are into spacey Miles Davis, synth-led Herbie Hancock, and Brian Eno's latest offerings, this is just the thing for you" Blues & Soul.

"Its ambient jazz and its wonderful…check it out!" LA Jazz Scene (USA)

"One of the finest, most accessible and genuinely revelatory improvising groups on the planet" Straight No Chaser

"A post-jazz, post rock, post -everything experience that has few parallels or rivals" The Guardian

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