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ARTIST
SEXMOB
TITLE
The Hard Way
FORMAT
LP+12"
LABEL
CORBETT VS. DEMPSEY
CATALOG #
CVSDLP 010LP
CVSDLP 010LP
GENRE
JAZZ
RELEASE DATE
7/7/2023
Sexmob
breaks new sonic ground with longtime producer
Scotty Hard
on
The Hard Way
, a new and extraordinary collaboration. For over a quarter-century, the visionary quartet Sexmob has exploded all preconceived notions of what an instrumental jazz band can be. In many cases -- on the albums
Dime Grind Palace
(2003),
Din of Inequity
(1998),
Solid Sender
(1999), and
Sex Mob Does Bond
(2001) -- they've done so with producer Scotty Hard at the board. On
The Hard Way
, Sexmob's remarkable new recording for 2023, the music skews decisively electronic, as Hard's beats and soundscapes provide slide trumpeter and founder
Steven Bernstein
, saxophonist
Briggan Krauss
, bassist
Tony Scherr
, and acoustic/electric drummer
Kenny Wollesen
, all the stimulus they need for further composition and fearless reinvention. Acclaimed pianist/composer
Vijay Iyer
guests on "You Can Take a Myth," sprinkling stark sustained treble tones and abstract harmonies on top of fat processed bass (played by Hard) as the composition unfolds.
John Medeski
(of
Medeski Martin & Wood
) underlays organ chords and blues phraseology to perfection on "Banacek" and works atmospheric magic with mellotron, counterposing Hard's evocative balafon samples, on "Club Pythagorean," one of two tracks included on the bonus 12" EP (45rpm). The other, "Dominion," was created with
DJ Olive
. With each offering, and certainly with
The Hard Way
and its rich electro-acoustic groove canvas, Bernstein and crew evince a modernizing impulse but also an equally strong foundation in the roots of jazz and American song. Funky, bluesy, with a tattered dissonance conjured up by Krauss's throaty saxophone tone, the distinctive wail of Bernstein's rare horn and the swagger of Scherr and Wollesen's rhythm section grind, Sexmob continues to chart new paths in 21st century creative music.
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