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If you are a fan of Herbie Hancock or Miles Davis' 'Bitches Brew' and 'Live-Evil' and interested in current music that follows the trajectory of these fusion greats, then pull up a toadstool and give San Francisco's Mushroom a listen. This mind expanding octet based around percussionist Patrick O'Hearn incorporates all the accepted fusion elements and then pushes the edge with a harder, farther afield sound that adds electronics, samples, trancey drones as well as a dollop of psychedelia (O'Hearn's parents are even abducted by aliens on one track). They have a Krautrock propulsion similar to Can and Neu! that starts with two drummers and carries through the rest of the instruments, building more and more elaborate sonic structures as they percolate along. Guitar, sax, flute, marimbas, bass, cornet, trumpet, organ sitar, oud, saz, tuba, trombone, Rhodes piano, violin, drums and percussion are just some of the varied instruments that this octet and their five guests play. Typically the music groove is established by driving percussive rhythms while the rest of the instruments add melodic squiggles and mellow clusters of tones that expand in your mind like ripples on water.
Herbie Hancock, whose latest disc, 'Future 2 Future' is a mellow mix of toned down funk, traditional African music and warmly synthetic Space age influences suitable for martinis in the penthouse, has passed the progressive fusion torch unto a new generation of instrumental bands and Mushroom's energetic neo-fusion takes that next step in the fusion continuum. The band also has a new live CD, 'Oh, But They're Weird And They're Wonderful', (with sonic treatments by mixmaster Dipstick,) available only from their website.
http://www.kindamuzik.net/recensie/mushroom/foxy-music/1386/
Meer Mushroom op KindaMuzik: http://www.kindamuzik.net/artiest/mushroom
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