The Joy of Molybdenum

Artist: The Trey Gunn Band
Label: Discipline Us
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 633367000125
EAN: 0633367000125
ASIN: B00004NJL9

Release Date: 2000-03-09

The Joy of Molybdenum

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Tracks:

The Joy Of Molybdenum
The Glove
Hard Winds Redux
Rune Song: The Origin Of Water
Untune The Sky
Sozzle
Gate Of Dreams
Brief Encounter
Tehlikeli Madde

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Customer Reviews:

modern fusion at it's best.......2005-10-06

The ex-Crimson stickman can really make great music with his own band, mixing funk on steroids riffs, soundscape type ambience and exotic percusion to great effect. By utilising the talents of these three musicians, the album is an exciting journey through a complex instrumental landscape.

I LOVE MOLYBDENUM!.......2003-11-06

I LOVE MOLYBDENUN WITH ALL MY HEART!!!!! THIS IS THE BEST CD THAT I EVER LISTENED TO IN MY ENTIRE LIFE!!if you dont get this cd you are a moron and you should be killed. i <3 doing my report on molybdenum.

What prog-rock should be.......2003-01-01

The only thing I can really say is- Buy this album! It is as outstanding an example of musicianship, innovation, originality and joyful performing as you will find. Other reviewers have said it well but I only wish more prog-rock were like this and less like most of the dreck that is out there (see Dream Theater for an example). I have seen Trey three times and he gets better every time. GO OUT OF YOUR WAY TO SEE HIM LIVE!

Worldly and hypnotic........2002-07-04

Wow, this is a really difficult album to describe. The album begins with its killer title track, which just left me thinking, "Cool stuff." It blends swarming Eastern percussion with jagged guitar intonations and instrumental strokes of atmospheric color. Despite being fairly slow, it has a gradual intensity in its arrangements, and intense percussion had me aggressively addicted. The album is heavy on atmosphere, but the music is entrancing and brisk in a way that keeps it from sleepy musak land. Excepting plainly smashing stuff like "The Glove" and its stuttering, stormy power, the relaxing songs are quite exciting on their own just because of the arresting instrumentation. "Gate of Dreams" shows some clever interplay in a passage where acoustic guitars play the same rhythmic phrase at different speeds, their mismatched tempos taking them apart before the faster guitar catches up and brings it together again -- kind of like when one windshield wiper is slower than another (I may be making no sense here). "Rune Song" is probably my favorite, with its moist textures creating a subterranean ambience that builds into some powerful melodies near the end. Middle Eastern influences appear most prominently in the chord selections of "Sozzle" and "Tehlikeli Madde", which are some of my other favorites. But heck, I really like every song.

Despite being the band's namesake, Trey Gunn is not the star here. Everyone dazzles, be it Bob Muller (who plays strange exotic percussion alongside his drum kit) or Tony Geballe (the principle guitar-meister). Between them both is Trey Gunn and his mighty touch guitar, the weird instrument that enables him to dance along with the melodic forefront or build delicious rhythms.

I bet a lot of people are checking this out because of Gunn's involvement in King Crimson's latest manifestation. I think such people will be impressed that the Trey Gunn band excels on its own terms, and it's sure to surprise even the KC fans for its genre-busting approach. The King Crimson connection isn't necessary to be interested either, because I think many people with an ear for ingenuity and fine musical craftsmanship will enjoy this disc.

Complex, dynamic compositions.......2002-05-25

If these tracks were songs, they'd be stuck in my head. As it is, when one of these songs jumps out of the mix, I pay attention and start having fun.

Purely instrumental music is great to listen to, because there are no words to get in the way. Sometimes people talk of brain surgeons listening to classical while they operate. This is probably not good for surgical techniques, but listening to "Sozzle", has more caffience than a quad-latte.

This is definite music for headphones, because the dynamics really make this enjoyable when listened to, instead of just sitting in the background. However, as background music, the dynamics make in fade in and out of your attention.

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