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HOOFFOOT

Hooffoot

 

Jazz Rock/Fusion

4.06 | 27 ratings

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aapatsos
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4 stars Two tracks, 35 minutes of music, plenty of jazz...

Hooffoot are an interesting case in that they have produced an album which sounds like structured improvisation (as if there ever was such a thing!). Strictly sticking to analog recording, the sextet (+) go wild on two rather long ''compositions'' (pun intended), feeding the unaware listener with blasts of retro-original exciting jazz-rock/fusion. Spooky/spacey keyboards mixed with trumpets and saxophone, Miles Davis meets (mostly) Soft Machine, throw in some ZAPPA-esque and Mahavishnu oddity, carefully picked oriental and latin moments and you get an uplifting mix of (surpisingly) modern-sounding jazz.

Listening to this debut feels like the music is being played live in front of you (the beauty of analog?). Despite the length of the tracks and the levels of experimentation, ''Hooffoot'' retains a remarkably groovy pace and playful atmosphere, especially in the latter track where Santana seem to be making an appearance mid-way...

Invest without reservations, this is one of the highlights of 2016.

4+

aapatsos | 4/5 |

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