Keiren Hebden And Steve Reid - The Exchange Session: Vol 1
Both men feel the joining of electronics and acoustic jazz has not really been handled very skilfully in the past. <br/>WEB VERSION ONLY PLEASE ALEX - SHORT PRINT ONE IS ELSEWERE
| 17 Mar 2006
Album title:
The Exchange Session: Vol 1
Artist:
Keiren Hebden and Steve Reid
The two met in autumn 2004 at the London Jazz festival, where Steve expressed great enthusiasm for Kieran's Four Tet work. In April 2005, Steve went into The Exchange in Camden, London (where Keiren cuts his records) to do off-the-cuff with the young man. Wholly improvised, unedited and without overdubs, 'The Exchange Session Vol 1' is the real-time first result of this prolific union. Both men feel the joining of electronics and acoustic jazz has not really been handled very skilfully in the past. Steve has issue with the whole idea of programmed beats in jazz (and in the past has campaigned against drum machines), while Kieran's still looking for that romantic blend of Alice Coltrane and Silver Apples. So what does it actually sound like? Well, as one might expect, with Steve on the drums and percussion side of things and Kieran taking control of the electronics, we are presented here with an interesting blend of sound that is both rhythmic and sporadic in nature. Definitely not the easiest of records to kick back to and enjoy but an intriguing listen nonetheless. The second half/Vol of this session is due to be released later in 2006. [Natalie Doyle]