Guillermo E. Brown, Soul at the Hands of the Machine - 48m

Tracks & Durations

1. If We Can Ever Find A Way	4:15
2. Gimme Time Tiempo	3:11
3. Manganese	5:05
4. Basso.Ritmo.Luz	4:58
5. Das Funken	4:41
6. Electro.Prayer.1	2:40
7. Modular-Rootstrata	0:54
8. AnikuRock	4:24
9. More & More	4:47
10. Inside The Purple Box	3:58
11. Outside Looking In	6:07
12. Gnizama	2:51

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Review

A respected presence in avant-garde jazz circles that include David S. Ware and Rob Reddy, drummer Guillermo E. Brown embraced wild improvisation and electronic techniques to turn this debut solo release into an unpredictable riot of beats. Filtering funk and trip-hop through free jazz ears, Soul largely avoids wonky pretense in favor of lighthearted exploration and supple melodies. The result is something that falls through the cracks of both jazz and dance movements, yet retains an appeal to anyone with a taste for experimentalism. Brown's endless facility with rhythm leads him through bossa nova experiments ("Manganese") and funk-flavored jams ("Das Funken"), though he never goes over the edge into Spring Heel Jack-style jazz-jungle. Instead, he falls back into the ambient wash of songs like "Electro.Prayer.1" and "Basso.Ritmo.Luz" and the chaotic ruckus of "Outside Looking In." Brown sometimes lets self-indulgence seep into the record. Both "AnikuRock" and "Inside the Purple Box" suffer from unnecessary artifice and ill-considered genre melding. But more often than not, the soul of this machine is recognizable, even when it's immersed in layers of digits and silicon. --Matthew Cooke

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