I never heard of Blue Cranes before last weekends Cuneiform Records' weekly deal dropped in and quickly added this one to the Bandcamp Friday shopping list (dedicating the favorite track to Joe and Kamala, hoping the band won't mind).
Their approach (not the instrumentation) remind me strongly of Rymden (the surviving e.s.t. members plus Bugge Wesseltoft), meaning that this is jazz that could easily be appreciated by a rock listener (with not too tight listening habits, mind you :-) ). Carsten Pieper
No one does music quite like Camille and Xavier do. I see their music as being akin to soundtracks for unfilmed movies. In this instance it is a movie about explorers of mountainous terrain, perhaps the terrain of our lives. Merci pour cette musique si intrigante. :-) sumbuk
So much fun and joy and swing, and the instrumentation allows for some super-fresh sounds as well as some old-timey goodness. And simply great tunes too! Giles
The new live EP by Ryan W. Stevenson's project reminded me, that this debut album must have been gone down the wishlist... If instrumental Canterbury stuff is your thing, this should be a no-brainer. Firmly rooted in the past (late 60s, 70s), nevertheless with a fresh sound. Guests incude The Tangent's Andy Tillison and Soft Machine's Theo Travis. Carsten Pieper