With
regards to their other CD, this piece by BABEL is quite different and possibly
even the opposite as far as song structures go. It is fairly normal in terms of the quantity
of songs as well as their individual lengths.
I
realize that “normal” is a relative term, especially in music, so I don’t want
you think that at all reflects this album as being in any way normal in the
general sense of things.
These
songs do seem to possess a certain sense of rhythm though, which almost makes
them closer to normal than not, but there are enough other qualities to pull
this back down to an abnormal reality for me.
There
is some amazing drum work on these songs and it even gets close to something
like jungle beats at times, but doesn’t quite exactly make it there. What will probably stick out most about this
CD to me in the long run are the undertones of the western style of music.
I’m not
talking about your grandfather’s western though. This is like something straight out of “Django
Unchained” and I love it for that.
On a
side note, I read that these songs were all improvised and I also really
respect the sound of this CD for that as this is one of the finest releases I
have ever heard and it’s something so much more than the
noise/instrumental/experimental genres.
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