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Artist:
N.E.W.
Title:
NEWtoons
Label:
BO WEAVIL RECORDINGS (UK)
Format:
LP
Price:
$20.00
Catalog #:
SIDRA 001LP
This is the third full-length release by
N.E.W.
, the UK jazz power trio of
Alex Ward
(electric guitar),
John Edwards
(bass), and
Steve Noble
(drums/percussion).
NEWtoons
is the first release in a new series on Bo' Weavil Recordings -- Sidra Edition. Pressed in a limited edition of 300 hand-numbered copies on 180 gram heavyweight vinyl, and housed inside thick, hand-assembled covers.
NEWtoons
captures the trio in all their live ferocity, potency and inventive group improvisation. Equal measures free improv as avant-rock, these three live tracks reveal the sheer power, attack and total commitment that these musicians have to reaching new heights. As
Jazzwise
magazine put it, "
Ward is phenomenal, all spidery glissandi and slashing chords. Edwards is a dark magus of a bass player thundering against the elements, while Noble is a violent, malevolent presence. If these guys' personalities reflect their playing, you just wouldn't want to find yourself down a darkened alley with them. A white-knuckled ride you'll be glad to take
." Pressed in a limited edition of 300 hand-numbered copies on 180 gram heavyweight vinyl, and housed inside thick, hand-assembled covers.
Artist:
N.E.W.
Title:
Deadeye Tricksters
Label:
BO WEAVIL RECORDINGS (UK)
Format:
CD
Price:
$17.00
Catalog #:
WEAVIL 030CD
Steve Noble
(drums/percussion),
John Edwards
(bass) and
Alex Ward
(electric guitar) are
N.E.W.
.
Deadeye Tricksters
incorporates language, ritual, myth, and laughter. Play is at the heart of the interaction of these great players. From the opening riff, with Ward's scattergun guitar fizzing around Noble's detonations, the game is on. It's often the element of play in improvised music that prepares the ears for its more profound moments. The skittering of drum and bass gives way, suddenly, to a sonic shriek, a blast that leaves the listener metaphorically pressed against the wall. There are few musical experiences that move from the titillating to the terrifying in such a short space of time. Noble, Edwards, and Ward are experts at the improv game, tooled up, as they are, with sharp musical wits, adroit techniques and almost uncanny powers of perception.
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