Album Club: 23.08.2011: Medeski Martin & Wood - Uninvisible

[Welder]

@Chris.

Tbh Chris I’m not surprised. I didn’t think this was going to be a particularly popular choice
As you write, it’s somewhere on the lines of Miles Davis and Marcus Miller, both which I like and play regularly.
It seems to be one of those albums that you either find interesting, mainly because you like drum and bass and get to grips with the electronics as you listen or, you come away scratching your head saying much as you have, yes they can play, but why do they play this

Absolutely no need to apologies for negative comments mate and thanks for giving it a listen.

[WAD62]

Sounds excellent John, amazon clicked...I'll delay my voting 'till I've given it a proper listen...

[griffo104]

hmmm interesting, something new to me. May need to get the album itself, can't really judge it properly from the youtube links.

I get the Miles links and it's from an era in Miles I'm not very keen on.

Need to give it a bit more space and so far I can hear enough to justify a purchase. Not going to rate it just yet though as I may have the album before voting closes.

[keiths]

Quick listen to the YouTube tracks. Sounds pretty interesting. Asked around the pub last night and a mate is fairly sure his brother has the CD, so I should get to listen to it properly tomorrow.

[keiths]

Borrowed the CD last night, but a couple of scratches caused it to skip badly. With the owner's permission, I spent some time trying to polish them out. Still wouldn't play in my Inca Designs Katana CD player, but eventually dbPoweramp managed to get a secure rip, so today I've been listening to that.

First impressions are mixed. Some excellent playing and nice deep bass (especially track 6 - Retirement Song), but as the cd progressed, I found my attention wandering a bit. I really don't like the turntable scratching that is on several tracks - think it sounds contrived and old-hat. Enjoyed the "Your Name is Snake Anthony" track with the spoken lyrics which came as a nice change amongst the other predominantly instrumental tracks.

Unlike Chris, I like the organ sound that features heavily in the mix and most of the electronic effects work well.

So a mixed bag, but glad I got to listen properly to it.

Thanks to John for picking something new(ish), different and interesting (thereby clearing the way for me to choose something old, predictable and dull next week. )

Edit: I've just voted and each of the five votes so far is different

[Tim]

I'm afraid I couldn't get on with this at all. I have listened all the way through twice and found nothing I liked, too eclectic for my tastes, but there is no doubt they are fine musicians and some of the bass playing is very good indeed. The loose improvised style just doesn't work for me. I'm not a fan of funk either, so those overtones didn't help.

Sorry John, a miss for me but I do know who they are now, so more knowledge is always a good thing - at least I won't buy it if I see it in the charity shop, so you could have saved me a quid

[ursus262]

I like the samples, and I've put a bid on a CD digipak on ebay.

[SCIDB]

Hi,

Some very nice groove on this album. Some of the tracks are very entertaining and well thought out. It does have avant garde bits which don't always do it for me. But overall I quite like the flow.

I like the organ groove on some of the tracks as I'm a fan of the Hammond organ sound. I like the hip hop & funk elements that run in a number of tracks. This gave a excellent sea of sound. A mixture of ideas.

I "digged" the title track, smoke & Pappy Check very well. Nice!

I have heard of this trio before but not taken much noticed. May have a dabble into some of their other items.


This album is has a number of enjoyable high points so gets the thumbs up from me. I have ordered a copy.

[John]

I must admit I went into this album with a slight bit of skeptism, I think for me its one of those albums I have to be in the mood for but I can enjoy so thank you John for opening my ears to something I would of never of listened to

[Beechwoods]

The only thing I have heard by Medeski, Martin and Wood is Moti Mo off 'It's A Jungle In Here'. I loved that tune, reccorded a copy off a late night 'Jazz FM' show back in 93/94 around when it came out, and still have the tape. Since then I've seen them become popular in the American 'Jam Band' / taper-friendly scene, but I've not checked out any of their stuff.

I'll sync this up to by Spotify offline playlist and see how it goes!