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David Jones – Drums and Percussion
Daryl Pratt – Midi-Vibes and Percussion Adam Armstrong – Bass Carmen Warrington – Vocussion with guest artists Don Burrows – Flute Mike Nock – Piano You can listen to these 20 secs grabs (MP3) |
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1993 AtmaSphere is a Sydney jazz-fusion band specialising in virtuosic performances of their own works. Some tracks have a Zen feel, others are just sheer pleasure rippling from more notes per second than you ever thought possible. In this first CD, AtmaSphere draws you into their supremely musical world of complex rhythms, meditational poetry and ambient textures. The incomparable drumming of AtmaSphere’s leader David Jones propels this exuberant band into all corners of the musical world, which moves with effortless facility through African, Indian, funk and swing rhythms. The music is buoyant, luminous, exhilarating and restful, from the exciting interplay between David and Daryl Pratt (percussion and vibraphone) on Flying through to the exhilarating Dance for Joyful Spirits which springboards into one of David’s melodic drum solos, to the utterly transporting Music at the Speed of Breath with guest Mike Nock adding subtle ethereal piano textures. There are two solo percussion pieces of multi-layered gongs and bells, and the open blues track Blues for Modern Times highlights the stretched-out soloing of the band members, plus guest jazz-master Don Burrows on flute. "The level of virtuosity attained by Jones and Pratt lies in that layer of the stratosphere called ‘unbelievable’." John Clare, Sydney Morning Herald "… mindblowing … intense, embracing a wide range of textures, colours and sounds, and it swings! … it’s a music that will live beyond today." Jill Morris, Drum Media |
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