Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society
Simultonality
2017 - Tak:til: GBCD 048/ GBLP 048
http://glitterbeat.com/artists/joshua-abrams-natural-information-society/
2017 - Eremite Records: MTE-68 LP
http://eremite.com/album/mte-68
https://eremiterecords.bandcamp.com/album/simultonality
* Joshua Abrams : guimbri, bass, small harp, bells
* Lisa Alvarado : harmonium, leslie, percussion
* Mikel Avery : drums, percussion
* Ari Brown : tenor saxophone (5)
* Ben Boye : chromatic electric autoharp, piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
* Emmett Kelly : electric guitar
* Frank Rosaly : drums, percussion, resonator bells
https://www.joshuaabramsmusic.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Abrams_(musician)
https://www.naturalinformationsociety.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_Information_Society
Recorded
· by Cooper Crane at Minbal, Chicago, Illinois, USA, on 2014
and
· by Thierry Amar at Hotel 2 Tango, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on 2015.
Reviews
By John Lewis
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/apr/20/joshua-abrams-natural-information-society-simultonality-review-africa-soaring
Joshua Abrams made his name playing the double bass on the same exploratory
Chicago scene that has spawned the likes of Tortoise, Hamid Drake and Matana
Roberts. Here, however, he switches to the guimbri (a three-string lute
associated with the Gnawa musicians of Saharan Africa) in a project that mixes
spiritual jazz, spiky post-rock and Terry Riley-inspired systems music. Maroon
Dune is a hypnotic groove in a 10/4 rhythm; Sideways Fall sounds like Can’s
Jaki Liebezeit jamming with Philip Glass; while the closing track, 2128½, is a
pulsating jazz waltz that recalls Alice Coltrane, with tenorist Ari Brown in
the Pharoah Sanders role. What holds everything together, however, is the
spectral presence of Africa – with Abrams’ goatskin-covered guimbri bouncing
around the mix, sharing sonic space with resonator bells, bow harps and thumb
pianos. A compelling Afro-futurist voyage.
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By Eric McDowell
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2017/07/joshua-abrams-natural-information.html
By Bill Meyer
http://dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/159532685033/joshua-abrams-natural-information
By Ian Mann
http://www.thejazzmann.com/reviews/review/joshua-abrams-and-natural-information-society-simultonality/
By Marc Masters
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/22964-simultonality/
By Jane Cornwell
https://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/music/joshua-abrams-natural-information-society-simultonality-review-an-enchanting-lightfilled-album-a3526756.html
By Stewart Smith
https://www.list.co.uk/article/90366-joshua-abrams-and-natural-information-society-simultonality/
Piotr Wojdat (pl)
https://www.jazzarium.pl/przeczytaj/recenzje/simultonality
Door Philippe De Cleen (nl)
http://www.writteninmusic.com/alternative/joshua-abrams-natural-information-society-simultonality/
Da DeBaser (it)
https://www.debaser.it/joshua-abrams-and-natural/simultonality/recensione
Por Luis Moner (es)
https://atonal.net/joshua-abrams-and-natural-information-society-simultonality/
Por José Carlos Peña (es)
https://www.mondosonoro.com/criticas/discos-musica/simultonality-natural-information-society/
