e.s.t - Viaticum
[Today I'm catching up on posting some CDs purchased at the RIJF that I've been listening to lately.]
These guys from Sweden sound almost Bad Plussish1 except without the somewhat rakish attitude. On stage, they employed an effects machine that would, for example, create washes of sound from the piano and chirpiness from the drums. Also, the piano player at one point got up and began plucking the strings of the grand piano by hand. Regardless, the music on this cd is lush, inventive, and intriguing.
1 - Yeah, I know that e.s.t. was around well before the Bad Plus, but I knew the Bad Plus first, so this is how I'm describing them...







