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Sirius Matter by Smokin' Granny
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fave it Progressive Rock | Jazz Fusion
14 tracks | 66 minutes
Released Jun 2001
on Metaphoric Music Productions
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Totally unique progressive rock space funk jazz fusion... siriusly self-deprecatingly genre-bending, heavy and unforgetable.
Editorial review
In 1997, Smokin' Granny had released a cassette that got the group some attention from prog rock magazines and radio shows. Two years later, the North Carolina group completed its first full-length CD, Sirius Matter. Half of it recuperates most of the magnificent Bat Cave session that yielded the cassette (but where's "Hydroglyfik"?). The remaining half-hour is made of a bunch of brand new tunes and improvisations. The album kicks off with three such newborns. "Barnacle Bob's Big Bang Bonanza" is as exciting as its title is silly. An avant fusion workout, it tops anything else the group has recorded. "Neural Pulse" and "Moveable Feast" move closer to prog rock, feeling somewhat heavier in their arrangements. They feature Volare guitarist Steve Hatch (who later became a full-time member of the group). Then listeners enter the Live at the Bat Cave selections, including highlights "Edible Polymers" and "Squid," two pieces impossible to resist. The harmolodics formed by Todd Barbee's soprano saxophone, Brian K. Preston's bass, and David Oskardmay's guitar evoke a funkified Ornette Coleman. The jam "Bhairava" features John Heitzenrater on bassoon and Barbee soloing over a fake Arabic scale. A couple of improvisations and an easier tune, "Road to the Desert," conclude the set. With Sirius Matter (how's that for a tongue-in-cheek title?), Smokin' Granny proved it was possible to take King Crimson's instrumental prog rock legacy and inject it with a sense of partying that doesn't exclude a daring approach to melody. ~ Fran?ois Couture, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
"As well as his dynamic interludes on tenor saxaphone, Todd Barbee adds dramtic synthesizer textures to the atmospheric grooves of "Neural Pulse", "Moveable Feast", "Alien Space Journey", and "Road to the Desert." Ranging from the eastern motif of "Bhairava" to the exotic feedback slide guitar of the atmospheric "Ghost Catcher Box", the inventive scope of Sirius Matter indicates why Smokin' Granny is one of the more inventive fusion projects of 1999... highly recommended."
David Lewis, Cadence Magazine, January 2000.
"Oozing musicianship and graced with just a touch of self-deprecating humor, Smokin' Granny's Sirius Matter is one of the most enjoyable prog/jazz hybrid albums I've ever encountered."
James Bickers, Sea of Tranquility, Winter 2000.
Personnel:
Todd Barbee; saxophones and WX7 midi wind controller
Jeffrey Damon Lindsey; drums, percussion, squid plate
Brian K.
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