Burnt Friedman & Jaki Liebezeit "Secret Rhythms" Nonplace non 10 2002 (54:51)
Rhein Rauf (6:27)
Rechter Winkel (4:23)
Royal Roost (5:46)
Shades of Soddin Orion (4:18)
Rastafahndung (3:40)
Guilli Verreisen (4:59)
Wirklich (3:14)
Obscured by 5 short version (3:48)
Obscured by 5 nonplace remix (4:50)
Obscured by 5 extended (13:26)
Two of Germany's renowned rhythmists unite. "Secret Rhythms" is very much in line with Burnt Friedman's usual repertoire and Liebezeit's beats fit right in. So much so it's difficult to discern who does what where. Not that it matters. Each of the 10 tracks fuses percussion, bass, keys, vibraphones by Copenhagen's Morten Grønvad and strains of Josef Suchy's electric guitar into a gravity defying sort of ambient electro jazz. Friedman foregoes samples, such as the many spoken ones found on last year's "Plays Love Songs", to keep the mix instrumental and minimal but also very open and very comfortable. Track four begins an all too brief dub deviation. "Shades of Soddin Orion" and "Rastafahndung" are stunning examples of what happens when Friedman applies his musical physics to, and thus redefines, dub. "Shades.." is the album highlight, a gorgeous deep space journey of slippery bass and guitar notes and microscopic sound soup. The disc concludes with three versions of "Obscured by 5" - short, Nonplace (Friedman's label) remix and 13 plus minute extended. The finale is the most satisfying with a lengthy stretch of little more than gentle steel drums and the hustle and bustle of an unidentifiable inner city. Perhaps this is the secret rhythm Friedman and Liebezeit have found and wish to expose to the rest of the world ...
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