Cover of Fire! She Sleeps, She Sleeps
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For fans of avant-garde jazz, lovers of free improvisation, followers of scandinavian experimental music, and adventurous jazz listeners
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THE REVIEW

Aim, point, FIRE!

She Sleeps, She Sleeps, you always sleep DAMN! Beautiful, WAKE UP! Listen to my drippy and dirty sax sneaking between the sheets and your body. Doesn't it turn you on? I will be your wild beast, an elephant trumpeting with its trunk reaching towards the sky. And this disjointed and offbeat drum? It’s my thoughts crashing against my skull. The tension is palpable, the 14 minutes of "She Sleeps, She Sleeps" are pure anguish crawling at your feet. I wish you were here, but the room is terribly empty. Tonight for you I will be a cerebral but non-environmental free-jazz, my fingers will be like a post-rock drum on your body, calm or fierce, and without any rules. Our murmurs will be noise, it will be free improvisation that I will enjoy (but will you enjoy it? Who knows...). "She Penetrates The Distant Silence, Slowly" will be our long cigarette that we will exchange with apparent indifference. A wild night awaits us, and it's up to you to choose among the 50 shades of dark that this semi-unknown Scandinavian trio (sax, drums, bass) will offer us as a soundtrack. We will be claustrophobic under those covers, free from all sin and happy with every disturbance.

Massive album, amen.

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Fire!'s album 'She Sleeps, She Sleeps' delivers a powerful 14-minute free jazz journey filled with raw saxophone, offbeat drums, and visceral tension. The review highlights its wild, experimental nature and the deep emotions evoked through improvisation. The Scandinavian trio creates a claustrophobic yet freeing atmosphere, evoking both anguish and intimacy. Though intense and challenging, the album invites listeners to embrace its complexity and darkness.

Tracklist Videos

01   She Owned His Voice (00:00)

02   She Sleeps, She Sleeps (00:00)

03   She Bid A Meaningless Farewell (00:00)

04   She Penetrates The Distant Silence. Slowly (00:00)

05   She Owned His Voice (07:34)

06   She Sleeps, She Sleeps (13:59)

07   She Bid A Meaningless Farewell (04:04)

08   She Penetrates The Distant Silence. Slowly (18:30)

Fire!

Fire! is a Swedish trio formed in 2009 by Mats Gustafsson (saxophones), Johan Berthling (bass), and Andreas Werliin (drums). They fuse free jazz with a heavy, psychedelic rock edge, releasing on Rune Grammofon and collaborating with artists such as Oren Ambarchi and Jim O’Rourke.
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