Articles by Eric Hill

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  12twelve

  Speritisimo

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2004

  Spanish quartet 12twelve explore the same interstitial territory between rock and jazz that Tortoise patrolled, especially in the midpoint...

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  Anthony

  Neu York

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2004

  Anthony Reynolds may have stepped out from behind the "Jack/Jacques” pseudonyms of his previous band and solo work, but he has not shed his...

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  Festival International Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville

  Victoriaville QC - May 20 to 24, 2004

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  The 21st edition of the festival started out with a bang, well several bangs, taps, gongs and birdcalls, actually. Cyro Baptista unleashed...

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  Tom Erbe/ Chris Mann / Larry Polansky / Douglas Repetto / Christian Wolff

  Trios

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  Trio recordings made by five people? A mystery rivalling the Thompson Twins (actually a three-person band) or the Ben Folds Five (a real tr...

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  Christian Marclay

  DJTRIO

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  Except for the familiar static and popping of vinyl there are moments when these turntable trios convincingly mimic larger free jazz ensemb...

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  Vandermark Five

  Elements of Style…Exercises in Surprise

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  The seventh outing for this Chicago quintet is perhaps the least predictable so far. Ken Vandermark has always kept a foot planted firmly o...

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  Circus McGurkus

  The Circus McGurkus

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2004

  If you think naming your band after a Dr. Seuss book of nursery rhymes and then writing music to accompany poetry by Philip Larkin, Stevie...

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  Brennan / Doran / Heral

  Triangulation

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2004

  Named after a mountaineering aide, Triangulation is the sound of two ex-pat Irishman and a Frenchman in the Swiss alps: precise, poetic, wi...