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"HiGH ▀ iNTELLiGeNCE tRoLLS"
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a r t i s t : Tigersmilk
t i t l e : From The Bottle
d a t e : 2005
l a b e l : Family Vineyard FV28
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : January/2005
t r a c k s : 06
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 115,9 MB
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Release Date: March 5, 2005
Tigersmilk is not averse to melody, and are willing to let it
run deep; Roebke's arco excursions twist through canyons of
dubby echo with the implacable gravity of a river cutting a
stream bed, and he and Mazurek pass a pensive tune like
crosscountry
relay runners over shifting surfaces of rushing percussion.ö -
Bill Meyer Signal to Noise
From the Bottle is the second album by Tigersmilk, the trio of
cornetist, electronicist and Brazilian-based laptop
manipulator Rob Mazurek (Chicago Underground, Isotope 217, solo
releases on Mego, Delmark and Moikai),
Chicago-centered acoustic bassist Jason Roebke (Rapid Croche,
Fred Lonberg-Holm Trio, Terminal 4) and
Vancouver percussionist Dylan van der Schyff (Francois Houle,
Talking Pitctures, John Butcher). Tigersmilk is
a full-improvising unit that surpasses the jazz-as-jazz sound
for an individualist style steeped in a continuously
unfolding mood. Without overplaying or extending any
instrument, the three eloquently display deep orchestral
colors and momentum that can shift from chattering avant garde
interplay to ambient suspensions.
The hard-bop tendencies and staccato horn of their 2003 self-
titled Family Vineyard debut return with a more
sinister and daring stylistic flourish. MazurekÆs cornet runs
create sensuousness and melancholy that find an
equal standing next to RoebkeÆs wobbly lines and the tumbling
pro/anti-beat of van der Schyff. Whereas
MazurekÆs electronics and sonic depth charges were a mere
accent on Tigersmilk, here they are riding up front,
propelling a bright force of abstraction and connecting stasis
and activity.
Saturation is a key in the trioÆs format, though the
accumulated layers of sound and resurfacing bass or cornet
melody are always kept at a distance, formulating a laminal
glow. While the drums can scatter into a sheen of
tonality, van der SchyffÆs injection of natural, Earth-bound
rhythm pull all parts together. Be known, amongst the
deconstruction and technical complexities, the pulse and
emotion of jazz is here. Tigersmilk spills forth with sustained
cool that equally brings the air of Blue Note harmonics with a
futuristic polish of today.
From the Bottle was recorded at a tour finale in November 2003.
Malachi Ritscher and his Savage Sound
Syndicate documented this meeting at ChicagoÆs Empty Bottle.
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01-From The Bottle [11:49]
02-From The Bottle [06:22]
03-From The Bottle [15:25]
04-From The Bottle [12:53]
05-From The Bottle [01:58]
06-From The Bottle [18:51]
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67:18 min
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