by Topology Inc
Wed 14th July, 2010
Launchinf 'Healthy'.. This debut collaborative album HEALTHY is just that, the healthy combination of like musical minds. It consists of a blend of works from composers in each ensemble and the result is breathtaking.
Drummer John Parker’s dense rhythmic works Healthy Lifestyle v3 and Mean are perfectly balanced with saxophonist John Babbage’s alluring Lost at Sea and the textural Generations. Misinterprotato pianist Sean Foran contributes the graceful A New Beginning and That which is not fleeting, a work which constantly surprises with it’s twist and turns. Topology Bassist Rob Davidsons’ Round Roads is a landscape of musical ideas, dense and complex yet filled with clarity of expression. To round off the album an inventive arrangement of minimalist composer Steve Reichs’ Clapping Music, only without the clapping.
One could compare it to the sounds minimalist sounds of Michael Nyman, Terry Riley and Steve Reich, with a touch of Astor Piazolla, and the modern jazz influences of Pat Metheny. Wrap this up in the visual, cinematic style of Bernard Hermann and the Cinematic Orchestra and you’re getting close. These influences combine to create a sound that is incomparable not only in Australia, but internationally.
HEALTHY is out 11 JULY 2010 on Newmarket Music - www.newmarketmusic.com