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Tony Malaby - Warblepeck
- Tony Malaby has devised an avant-garde hybrid of jazz that circulates in a haunting manner filtering out from his latest album, Warblepeck. It’s hypnotic with its tones and array of musical sounds that are blended together to make for diverse tracks. Warblepeck possesses a hypnotic stronghold over us with its full bodied galore of sounds that are captivating. Malaby’s clunky yet strangely arousing music becomes a stunning visual and displays impeccable textures.
We are sent into a trance or an enchanting dreamlike state. Warblepeck has a mystical, cinematic appeal to it that may cast us into a wandering delirium in search for answers. Malaby has a brilliant sense of inventiveness as he brings us bundles of energy in little bubbles that expand from the fabric of traditional jazz. He’s got an auxiliary of instruments that complement each other, displaying a bolstering luster that seems to offset the norm. The clicks and clanks give jazz an updated and minor futuristic sound. Malaby provides a fascinating display with many facets and layers.
With everything incorporated, the originality and abstract take on the classic jazz form might not sit well with traditions. It’s not that it would scare people away, but in order to move forward and branch out from the existing to create the next great form of music, there needs to be a form of inventiveness. Malaby undertakes a major endeavor here and delivers a sound that is forcefully mighty, which may sound obscure or odd at first, but if you give it a chance you can fall for it.
Reviewer: John Berkowitz
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Reviewer's Rating: 8
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Added: 20-Nov-2008
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