Echoing the focus on a live, jazzy feel of contemporary works by As One, Ian O'Brien, and Carl Craig, Spacetime Continuum's Double Fine Zone includes sax player Brian Iddenden on several tracks plus Spacetime himself, Jonah Sharp, contributing just about everything else (that is, drums, synth, sampler, and Rhodes piano). Though the "live" feel is mostly a non-event (Iddenden's smooth late-night sax solos are, to be kind, unnecessary), Sharp saves the day with some inventive programming, reminiscent of his last proper full ...
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Echoing the focus on a live, jazzy feel of contemporary works by As One, Ian O'Brien, and Carl Craig, Spacetime Continuum's Double Fine Zone includes sax player Brian Iddenden on several tracks plus Spacetime himself, Jonah Sharp, contributing just about everything else (that is, drums, synth, sampler, and Rhodes piano). Though the "live" feel is mostly a non-event (Iddenden's smooth late-night sax solos are, to be kind, unnecessary), Sharp saves the day with some inventive programming, reminiscent of his last proper full-length, Emit Ecaps. The bubbly effects and lo-energy trance breaks on "Microjam," the static chords mirroring a set of cloudy synthesizer breaks on the highlight "Biscuit Face," and the unsequenced drums and Rhodes shards on "Beveled Edge" all prove that Sharp doesn't need the gimmick of a "jazz" album to make fine music that's more innovative than derivative. ~ John Bush, Rovi
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Add this copy of Double Fine Zone to cart. $8.48, very good condition, Sold by Salzer's Records rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from ventura, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1999 by Astralwerks.
