Rotoscope "Great Curves" Jester Records Trick 015 2001 (39:58)
Press Stop (1:11)
All That You Owned (Remix) (2:02)
The
Bogota Sub (4:18)
Cooks
Whip, Music Goes On (3:34)
Pink Soda (5:28)
Watercooler (2:19)
Noiserok Orkesterissa (4:00)
Carpet
Illusions (2:41)
Divide And Dissolve (5:00)
Traveller (9:25)
Rotoscope are a 6 piece group that share a producer and members with the acclaimed Norwegian jazz collective Jaga Jazzist. Their instrumentation includes electronics, keyboards, saxophones, clarinets, guitar, bass, drums, percussion and vibraphone, but it's the production that may very well be the most important component. Original recordings have obviously been obliterated, mangled or enhanced by cut and paste editing, the end result being 10 tracks that balance jazz, pop and electronica in widely varying degrees. "Press Stop", "The Bogota Sub" and "Noiserok Orkesterissa" contain the most manic juxtapositions and jams of spliced audio/vocal bits and jazzy drum 'n bass rhythms. But even within these 3 there are melodic counterpoints or moments of calm to be found and, often, vice versa within the other tracks. Christine Santorv's girlish, somewhat intentionally strained vocals (in English) help give about half of the disc a soft and sweet feminine quality. "All That You Owned (Remix)" places her words amidst seemingly random glitch crackles, piano notes and bass surges. "Pink Soda", "Carpet Illusions" and "Traveller" are pleasant and perhaps the most 'pop' due to the vocals and subdued acoustic guitar, wind and keyboard melodies. "Watercooler" and "Divide And Dissolve" are experimentally minded soundscapes while "Cooks Whip, Music Goes On" is a nice stroll through the park as solo saxophone, vibes and bass glide over an electronically treated beat. "Great Curves" is a rather schizophrenic album but it works. There's something for everyone. Up next is 3 new vocal songs to be released as the "Exclusively For Everyone EP No. 1" on Jester ...
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