February

Artist: Jonathan Kane
Label: Table of Elements
Category: Music

Average customer rating:

Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 806501108821
EAN: 0806501108821
ASIN: B000BCKFOS

Release Date: 2005-10-11

February

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Tracks:

Curl
Pops
Sis
Motherless Child
Guitar Trio

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Album Description

Kane is a downtown NYC legend, as co-founder of the Swans and the rhythmic thunder behind the massed-guitar armies of Rhys Chatham and the rock excursions of La Monte Young. On this, his first solo record, Kane summons the Swans' concussive wallop, Chatham's dense guitar strata, and the perpetual propulsion of 70's kraut rockers Neu, then steers it all head-on into the blues. Make no mistake, Kane is a bluesman, and beneath the high-decibel bombast, he's powering guitar-driven minimalism into the blues, and the blues into guitar-driven harmonic maximalism. "Volcanic" - Rolling Stone.

Customer Reviews:

A New Approach to the Blues!.......2006-02-27

I picked up this album on vinyl. Just an impulse purchase, I suppose. I saw the critical acclaim on the record sleeve's wrapping, and saw it under the 'avant-garde' section, so I thought that it must be at least worth listening to.

Overall, this is a superb album. Jonathan Kane introduces to the listener what I call "Techno Blues". The music has progressions similar to techno - repeating the same lick many times through, changing it in minor amounts, until the song sounds entirely different than how it started. It's a magnificent new idea, one I've never heard stylistically. This album certainly deserved its placement under the 'avant-garde' section!

I would probably not recommend this to listeners that have a short attention span, or aren't fans of harmony-based compositions (where one instrument is not always the dominant, often found in the blues). This album easily glides through its fourty-something minutes and never once becomes dull. This is an exciting album, but not hyperactive - perfect for cruising down the street with the windows in the car open during the summer. Of course, if you're a New Yorker like me and discovered Jonathan Kane simply because you live in the downtown Village area, then driving is probably not an option for you. In that case, turn on your hi-fi, dim the lights, and just chill out to this music, because it's perfect for that exact application!

I took off one star because, while it's very original and ground breaking, there is only one KIND of innovation being made here. It definitely should be an important addition to any music lover's collection, though, so long as they are able to handle the density of the music found within.

February comes early this year.......2006-01-15

I'd never really thought about who was handling the drums behind the early Swans and against a freaking battalion of guitars in Rhys Chatham, but now that I think about it, I didn't see the tree for the forest.

Well, Mr. Lane has dropped the accompaniment and set the forest on fire.

"Sis" is like a freight train you can't see, but it keeps getting closer. After a couple of minutes, you realize somebody has tied you to the tracks. My neighbor thought I was holding a Taiko drum festival - but no, it's just Mr. Lane on the guitar, bass and drums...

Can't wait for March.

one of this year's 10 best albums.......2006-01-01

this is real talent

A departure.......2005-12-10

If you love the Swans, Can, or kraut rock, YOU WILL LOVE THIS RECORD. Ignore that embittered ignoramus that gave this one star. He was expecting post-rock garbage. Febraury is a lot of fun.

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