Oddjob--Sumo-2008-OMA

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MP3/FLAC
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OMA
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66,67 MB
Files
12
Date
2010-02-11

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 █▓▓▓▓    ARTiST..[ Oddjob                                                ▓▓▓▓█
 █▓▓▓▓    TiTLE...[ Sumo                                                  ▓▓▓▓█
 ████     GENRE...[ Jazz                    GRABBER.[ EAC                  ████
 ████     LABEL...[ ACT                     ENCODER.[ Lame 3.97            ████
 ████     YEAR....[ 2008                    QUALiTY.[ vbr 180kbps          ████
 ████     SOURCE..[ CDDA                    MODE....[ Joint-Stereo         ████
 ████     PLAYTIME[ 50:52 min               REL.DATE[ 02.10.2010           ████
 ████     TRACKS..[ 12                      RiPPER..[ TEAM OMA             ████
 ████     SiZE....[ 66,6 MB                 SUPPLiER[ TEAM OMA             ████
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 ████     01  Kingston                                          00:44      ████
 ████     02  The Big Hit                                       06:24      ████
 ████     03  Golden Silver                                     05:31      ████
 ████     04  Sewerside Blues                                   04:16      ████
 ████     05  Smaland                                           03:46      ████
 ████     06  Painkiller                                        07:17      ████
 ████     07  Punch                                             03:07      ████
 ████     08  The Day TV Stood Still                            02:47      ████
 ████     09  Where Did You Sleep Last Night                    04:01      ████
 ████     10  Salvador                                          00:43      ████
 ████     11  Like Josef                                        04:45      ████
 ████     12  Nostradamus                                       07:31      ████
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 ████                                                    TOTAL: 50:52      ████
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 ████            There's something a little otherworldly about             ████
 ████            Swedish jazz-rockers Oddjob. While there's an             ████
 ████            unmistakably retro feel to Sumo, its third                ████
 ████            release and first to receive widespread                   ████
 ████            distribution, there's a strange, futuristic               ████
 ████            skew to its groove-happy roots in '60s and '70            ████
 ████            soul jazz that keeps the music slightly                   ████
 ████            off-kilter.                                               ████
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 ████            The members of Oddjob have clearly done their             ████
 ████            homework. Drummer Janne Robertson opens the               ████
 ████            album with a New Orleans Second Line-style                ████
 ████            solo, "Kingston," before the group enters for             ████
 ████            the breezy, waltz time "The Big Hit," Per                 ████
 ████            "RusktrΣsk" Johansson's flute meshing with                ████
 ████            Goran KajfeÜ' trumpet to recall                           ████
 ████            late-'60s/early-'70s CTI albums like trumpeter            ████
 ████            Freddie Hubbard's First Light (CTI, 1972). The            ████
 ████            same orchestral approach is there, with                   ████
 ████            pianist Daniel Karlsson creating a dense,                 ████
 ████            sometimes jagged backdrop over bassist Peter              ████
 ████            Forss' unshakable groove and layers of added              ████
 ████            percussion. But the slower, sleazier groove of            ████
 ████            the organ-centric "Golden Silver" feels more              ████
 ████            off-center, a combination of a simple,                    ████
 ████            three-chord organ pattern with a serpentine               ████
 ████            trumpet/sax frontline, and a drum pattern that            ████
 ████            keeps the groove but feels somehow displaced              ████
 ████            alongside guest Stoffe Wallman's odd                      ████
 ████            synthesizer textures, which periodically                  ████
 ████            percolate to the forefront.                               ████
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 ████            The instrumentation fits the time, especially             ████
 ████            Karlsson's electric piano, which creates a                ████
 ████            Hancock-like abstraction on the insistent                 ████
 ████            "Sewerside Blues" where, despite a clear form,            ████
 ████            there's the feeling that chaos is just around             ████
 ████            the corner...or over the edge. Johannson's                ████
 ████            saxophone and Kajfes' muted, wah wah trumpet              ████
 ████            solo in tandem, acting like an island of                  ████
 ████            general calm before the move towards anarchy              ████
 ████            resumes. The result is music that grooves                 ████
 ████            hard, often rocks hard, but in its pursuit of             ████
 ████            outrΘ expressionism and occasional                        ████
 ████            impressionism, never compromises.                         ████
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 ████            The gentler, melodic "Smσland," with its                  ████
 ████            elastic sense of time, references early                   ████
 ████            Weather Report, but is more direct, with                  ████
 ████            clearer construction. Assorted instruments,               ████
 ████            including zither, vibraphone and glockenspiel,            ████
 ████            contribute to a soundscape of a time while                ████
 ████            also feeling grounded in a possible musical               ████
 ████            future. Karlsson's tremolo piano, along with              ████
 ████            Robertson's behind the beat kit work and                  ████
 ████            heartbeat pulse, suggest a bluesy kind of                 ████
 ████            Americana, except that the horn lines, clearly            ████
 ████            rooted in soul jazz, twist things on their                ████
 ████            edge, taking it to another place entirely.                ████
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 ████            There are plenty of solos, especially for                 ████
 ████            Kajfes and Johansson, whose opening duet with             ████
 ████            Robertson at the start of the irregularly                 ████
 ████            metered yet funky "Punch" is a set-up for one             ████
 ████            of Karlsson's most concise and compelling                 ████
 ████            features of the set. "The Day TV Stood Still,"            ████
 ████            on the other hand, is more modernistic and                ████
 ████            progressive, with a persistent pulse and                  ████
 ████            layers of sound; something Sigur R≤ might come            ████
 ████            up as a musical interlude.                                ████
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 ████            A clear case of the whole being greater than              ████
 ████            the sum of the parts, everyone in Oddjob is a             ████
 ████            fine player, but together they possess a                  ████
 ████            curious musical conception that coexists                  ████
 ████            simultaneously in two very different                      ████
 ████            placesùthat of retro soul jazz group and                  ████
 ████            futuristically textural explorers. It's a                 ████
 ████            winning combination that gives Oddjob a                   ████
 ████            distinctive voice, making Sumo one of 2008's              ████
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01-oddjob--kingston-oma.mp3929,50 KB
02-oddjob--the_big_hit-oma.mp38,63 MB
03-oddjob--golden_silver-oma.mp36,83 MB
04-oddjob--sewerside_blues-oma.mp35,69 MB
05-oddjob--smaland-oma.mp34,85 MB
06-oddjob--painkiller-oma.mp39,35 MB
07-oddjob--punch-oma.mp34,00 MB
08-oddjob--the_day_tv_stood_still-oma.mp32,98 MB
09-oddjob--where_did_you_sleep_last_night-oma.mp35,36 MB
10-oddjob--salvador-oma.mp3965,69 KB
11-oddjob--like_josef-oma.mp36,48 MB
12-oddjob--nostradamus-oma.mp310,66 MB