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Rating: The drafting of the first volume of the second series of free reinterpretations from the "Angel Pergaments" pertaining to Masada is entrusted to the scrupulous and meticulous care of the essential and magnificently sober jazz-trio led by the mustachioed and instrumentally phenomenal Mr. Saft.
Accompanying the heterodox and often graceful key-impression, we appreciate the relevant presence of two esteemed and well-known figures to those who practice with interest the vast and varied Tzadikian audio-universe of improvisation: Mister Greg Cohen and Monsieur Ben Perowsky: reliable and musically elite companions of a thousand and one sound-expeditions (not only) Zornian, who are respectively entrusted with the arduous yet magnificently executed duty, in addition to accompanying the sublime and authentic pleasures woven pianistically by the project's hairy namesake, of astonishing through the mere aid of double bass and percussion.
A polyphonic work dating back to the past year, "Astaroth" stands out in its completeness as a brilliant, exemplary exercise in admirable musical-structural cohesion: sometimes subtle, often dazzling, multifaceted balances exlusively instrumental shroud a substantial part of the work, architected amid composed and exuberant mixtures, albeit respectful, not slavishly, of the original score; as a synthesizing example I dare to offer to your kind attention the exquisite and soft "Ariel" or alternatively the sinister, repetitive, skeletal mantra that gives the work its title: both, though differing in fundamental structure, are notable by virtue of the inventive, enveloping harmonic tranquility that distinguishes them.
In certain few instances, the pages of the tome are far from being gently leafed through, at times surpassing the threshold of raw yet spectacular sound-iconoclastic fury: how can one not be enraptured by the insistent drizzle of murky notes called "Sturiel" or by that delightful bijoux-bacchanal titled "Ygal".
The only notable, objective flaw of the colossal project in question, not specifically related to the review at hand, is the seemingly complete impossibility, unless beneficiaries of generous legacies from unlikely overseas uncles, in attempting to keep up with the vast, and consistently excellent quality (another note of reproach...), impressive amount of audio-materials initiated and to be promulgated in the short span of a very limited time frame.
Ecchediamine (we have a family).
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