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 Conjoint Earprints 1x CD Source Records |
David Moufang alias Move D, and his futuristic jazzambient band Conjoint
are back with the follow up album on the 1997 Conjoint album on KM Records. The Earprints album offers 12 tracks and 8 Earprints, which
are a sort of interludes between the tracks. This new album is a perfect follow up on the unique style of Berger, Hodge, Moufang and Ruit, together Conjoint. If you have the first album, you know what to expect. It's a weird but fantastic mixture of jazz elements, soundscapes, electronic sounds, futurizm targeted right at the lounging, smoking, chilling type of listener. Here and there, Conjoint adds a little more ryhtm, creating tranquil grooves in a nicely layered structure of a smooth bassline, sparse melodic vibraphonic sounds on top and all kinds of spacey synth effects mixed in an ingenious way. Extraordinary tracks are "Walk On", "La pluie et la Seine" or "Born under a rhyming planet at the foot of Odenwald". Electronic weirdness is all around in "The Joint" which comes close to the sounds of Flanger or Thomas Fehlman. The exploration of the vibraphonic & synth textures on rythms goes on in "Instructions" offering trippy breakbeats. Of course, Conjoint does not forget total chillout ambient jazzscapes, with the last track "No balls" a pearl of this style. In these troubles times, where so many artists seem to be out of inspiration and just produce more and more deephouze or lounge albums that just fill your furniture, Conjoint still has the intelligent, creative touch, that make this sort of albums a timeless experience you will be happy to have for many years to come. ez june/2000 |