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ASCENSIONISM Bone's work has a great retro jazz vibe, using electric piano with reverb to give the sound a sort of time warped quality. Add to that some standard jazz combo features like guitar, upright bass, flute and brushstrokes on drums. But then add a few unusual twists like tablas and melodies that open up like ambient textures with themes inspired by The Kabbalah and Buddhism. Considering that the first big wave of zen enthusiasm in the US came at the same time as cool jazz, the combination of these two elements have kind of grown up together. As for the sound, it's mellow and relaxing in the way that New Age instrumentals are, yet it has a little extra edge, an erotic sort of buzz that comes from the mix of instruments and the style of playing. Like his last album, Coxa, it makes for relaxation and sultry evenings. And it also fits quite comfortably, to my taste, in between the time spent with the ambient music and trance dance mixes. You can tell Bone has fun making music. |