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May 16, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Steve Moore & Bluetech: Liminal Migration

Steve Moore & Bluetech Liminal Migration Ovoid Crafts Liminal Migration is the first full collaborative album between Steve Moore (Zombi) and (Evan) Bluetech, though they have contributed to tracks together ahead of this. But here we get the synth-y soundtrack feels of Moore, couched in the comforting electronics of Bluetech. It’s a showcase for both […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bluetech, Collaboration, Duo, Evan Bluetech, Liminal Migration, Ovoid Crafts, Steve Moore, Steve Moore & Bluetech, Steve Moore & Bluetech: Liminal Migration, Synth, To follow me in all the right places check out the Linktree right here. And to subscribe to my Substack newsletter “Sounds Good” click here, Zombi ·

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February 8, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Zombi: Liquid Crystal

Zombi Liquid Crystal Relapse The duo Zombi (named after the Dawn of the Dead film – specifically its Italian title) has made a half dozen full-lengthers and at least as many EPs, mini-albums and split releases. Here’s an EP – that is effectively album-length (five instrumental tracks running half-an-hour feels a bit like Pink Floyd […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], Album Review, Anthony Paterra, Drums, Duo, EP, Horror, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Instrumental, Liquid Crystal, metal, Post-Rock, Prog, Relapse, Score, Soundtrack, Steve Moore, Synth, Tangerine Dream, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, Zombi, Zombi: Liquid Crystal ·

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September 7, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

F.S. Blumm & Nils Frahm: 2X1=4

F.S. Blumm & Nils Frahm 2X1=4 LEITER Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, in cooperation with BMG Rights Management Across the last decade Nils Frahm and F.S. Blumm have got together on four separate occasions to make albums; remarkable enough but actually rather staggering when you consider that they each have busy solo careers and wear […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2X1=4, Album Review, Dub, Duets, Duo, F.S. Blumm, F.S. Blumm & Nils Frahm, F.S. Blumm & Nils Frahm: 2X1=4, Frank Schültge, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Instrumental, Lee "Scratch" Perry, LEITER, Nils Frahm, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 28, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Acute Inflections: 400

Acute Inflections 400 (Independent) Vocalist Elasea Douglas and basis Sadiki Pierre are New York-based duo Acute Inflections. Here, they have taken he music of Bob Marley and reduced it down to its core elements – lyrics and melody supplied by Douglas’ vocals, groove and flow by Pierre on the bass.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 400, Acute Inflections, Acute Inflections: 400, Album Review, Bass, Bob Marley, Covers, Duo, Elasea Douglas, Sadiki Pierre, Tribute, Vocals, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 27, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Erik Wøllo / Michael Stearns: Convergence

Erik Wøllo / Michael Stearns Convergence Projek Records I found this record recently in a beautiful fluke – well, a routine search for ambient/space records I guess. What a find. I knew Michael Stearns’ fine work – particularly his score for Baraka (and its ‘sister’ films). He made ambient electronic music in the late 1970s […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 20/20, Album Review, Ambient, America, Baraka, Brian Eno, Buckethead, Collaboration, Convergence, Duo, Eno, Erik Wøllo, Erik Wøllo / Michael Stearns, Erik Wøllo / Michael Stearns: Convergence, Guitar, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Instrumental, Michael Stearns, Norway, Rhian Sheehan, Robert Fripp, Soundscape, Synth, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 1, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Frederick Johnson & Andre Reiss: Duo

Frederick Johnson & Andre Reiss Duo TNT Groove International Journeyman singer Frederick Johnson, a Tampa Bay native, has a dreamy voice – and he never over-sings. Much the same can be said for Nashville guitarist Andre (Andy) Reiss. He never over-sings on his instrument – he’s got all of the Barney Kessel, Tal Farlow tricks […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Andre Reiss, Andy Reiss, Covers, Duo, Frederick Johnson, Frederick Johnson & Andre Reiss, Frederick Johnson & Andre Reiss: Duo, Guitar, Jazz, Standard, Standards, TNT Groove International, Vocal, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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May 27, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Chris Schlarb & Chad Taylor: Time No Changes

Chris Schlarb & Chad Taylor Time No Changes Joyful Noise Recordings & BIG EGO Records Chris Schlarb is a guitarist – 6 and 12 strings, acoustic and electric – and Chad Taylor is a drummer, also adding marimba and a few other percussion instruments. This duo set sits right in the middle of the wild […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Buckethead, Chad Taylor, Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt, Chris Schlarb, Chris Schlarb & Chad Taylor, Chris Schlarb & Chad Taylor: Time No Changes, Drums, Duo, Guitar, Instrumental, Joyful Noise Recordings & BIG EGO Records, Sandy Bull, Time No Changes, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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May 5, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Chris Abrahams / Mark Wastell: A Thousand Sacred Ships

Chris Abrahams / Mark Wastell A Thousand Sacred Ships Confront Recordings Two great improvisers finally recording together. Back in 2018 The Necks had a European residency – so while over there and in that place pianist Chris Abrahams recorded this EP with multi-instrumentalist Mark Wastell. The British percussionist (at least on this recording) and Australian […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged A, A Thousand Sacred Ships, Album Review, Chris Abrahams, Chris Abrahams / Mark Wastell, Chris Abrahams / Mark Wastell: A Thousand Sacred Ships, Confront Recordings, Duo, EP, Improvisation, Mark Wastell, Sacred, Ships, The Necks, Thousand, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 23, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon: Noon

Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon Noon Megaplum / ATO Records What a wonderful anomaly Leo Kottke is – a folk guitarist, but also a jazz guitarist and there’s classical in there, it’s just an absolute stew. He also doesn’t seem to have ever gone too far down the eccentric path (Bill Orcutt, Sir Richard Bishop) […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Acoustic, Album Review, Bass, Duo, Guitar, Jon Fishman, Leo Kottke, Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon, Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon: Noon, Mike Gordon, Noon, Phish, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Torben Ulrich & Lori Goldston: Oakland moments – cello, voice, reuniting (rejoicing)

Torben Ulrich & Lori Goldston Oakland moments: cello, voice, reuniting (rejoicing) Obscure & Terrible Lori Goldston is a cellist and composer – she has performed solo and with orchestras and had her pop-cultural crossover moment when she appeared on the Nirvana episode of MTV Unplugged and toured with the band. Torben Ulrich is a former […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Cello, Duo, Lars Ulrich, Lori Goldston, Metallica, Oakland moments: cello, Poet, reuniting (rejoicing), Spoken Word, Torben Ulrich, Torben Ulrich & Lori Goldston, voice, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 4, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Cecil Taylor / Tony Oxley: Being Astral & All Registers: Power of Two

Cecil Taylor / Tony Oxley Being Astral & All Registers: Power of Two Discus Music Cecil Taylor left this dimension nearly three years ago now – he’s almost certainly swirling elsewhere, projecting, transmitting; at the very least his towering influence continues to sway jazzers to the freer side. It’s quite possible that Taylor invented free […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Being Astral & All Registers, Being Astral & All Registers: Power of Two, Cecil Taylor, Cecil Taylor / Tony Oxley, Cecil Taylor / Tony Oxley: Being Astral & All Registers: Power of Two, Discus Music, Drums, Duo, Free Jazz, Improv, Piano, Power of Two, Tony Oxley, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 1, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Daniel Carter, Matthew Shipp: Dark Matrix

Daniel Carter, Matthew Shipp Dark Matrix Not Two Records You find Daniel Carter and his saxophone in a variety of places. A free-jazz player, he’s made dozens of albums on his own or as bandleader, several at the side of William Parker and he’s sat in on sessions from the indie-rock, dance and hip-hop communities […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Anitpop Consortium, Daniel Carter, Daniel Carter & Matthew Shipp, Daniel Carter Matthew Shipp: Dark Matrix, Dark Matrix, Duets, Duo, Free Jazz, Free-Improv, Jazz, Matthew Shipp, Matthew Shipp and Daniel Carter, Not Two Records, Piano, Saxophone, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·
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