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| Label: | !K7 | | Rel. date: | 15th Oct 07 | | Reviewer: | Piotr Paterski | | Reviewed: | 20th Sep 07 | | Format: | CD | | Rating: |   |
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CD1- Waiting Room
- Hired Touch
- Lime In Da Coconut
- Slap The Back
- Pbd
- 23 Seconds
- Change Your Apesuit
- Saturday Night
- Peace Offering
- W
CD2- Live At Mondo (Madrid, 10 May 2007)
- Dump Truck
- India In Me
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 Cobblestone Jazz (Mathew Jonson, Danuel Tate and Tyger Dhula) is, first and foremost, about the live experience. Which by no means is a bad thing as they are undeniably brilliant on stage. As Audioriver 2006 showed me, when playing live the group suprises its audience by improvising, and by doing so, they enrich each and every individual track. Their very characteristic and easily recognizable brand of jazzy techno relaxes, captivates, and finally, makes you dance. Their released productions have to be respected, but in some cases they lack the aforementioned energy of the trios concert performances. The reason behind my mentioning of this is because the case is similar with their debut album (five years have passed already their first single). ‘23 Seconds’ is a package which is made up of very good components. However, during the tasting of these components, my imagination wanders off towards a stage on which three musicians mix and blend these components, and make an exquisite dish out of them. Unfortunately, the album as a whole is not a delicious meal, about which I’m made all the more certain while listening to CD2. On CD2, we get a fantastic live-act recorded in Madrid this year (the transition from ‘India In Me’ to ‘W’ is staggering!). But let's go back to CD1. A nice, hypnotizing start, then the recently released minimal ‘Lime In Da Coconut’ ( played by, among other well known DJs, Richie Hawtin), and after that a large amount of jazz in the form of ‘Slap The Back’. However, I already begin to delicately bore in these 25 minutes. Luckily, my favorite track ‘PDB’ is up next, which is detroit techno at its best, coupled with the flowing sounds of the saxophone. Next, the title recording, which is the very essence of the Cobblestone Jazz sound. The next proposals are just as good. But this time around the bass lines are more aggressive, and the modulated vocal of Daniel Tate makes frequent appearances. Pay attention to ‘Saturday Night’, which was issued a short while back with number 3 on ‘23 Seconds’, because this production is the closest to Mathew Jonson’s solo output. The album ends on a high note with ‘W’, a well known track which has been favored by many renowned DJ's. The amazing parties of synths, which seem to pop out of silence, will send goose bumps down your spine. Despite unmistakable artistic values, listening to ’23 Seconds’ track after track can be tiring.  Comments[0]
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Review: Cobblestone Jazz - 23 Seconds
