{"id":35952,"date":"2018-04-05T11:10:41","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T09:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomajazz.com\/web\/?p=35952"},"modified":"2022-09-08T21:34:59","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T19:34:59","slug":"stick-men-featuring-mel-collins-roppongi-moonjune-records-2017-grabacion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomajazz.com\/web\/stick-men-featuring-mel-collins-roppongi-moonjune-records-2017-grabacion\/","title":{"rendered":"Stick Men Featuring Mel Collins: Roppongi (Moonjune records 2017) [Grabaci\u00f3n]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Stick Men debe su denominaci\u00f3n a Tony Levin y Michael Bernier (miembros fundadores del grupo junto a Pat Mastelotto) y a la inusual instrumentaci\u00f3n de estos m\u00fasicos int\u00e9rpretes del bajo Chapman Stick<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Se da la circunstancia de la pertenencia de Tony Levin y Pat Mastelotto como miembros importantes de King Crimson por lo que podr\u00edamos aseverar la prolongaci\u00f3n del grupo en \u00e9ste.<\/p>\n

Pronto Markus Reuter sustituy\u00f3 a Michael Bernier en el grupo para hacerlo continuar hasta el presente y convertirlo en un tr\u00edo con colaboraciones estelares provenientes de King Crimson, como el violinista David Cross (en 2015 por el \u00e1lbum Midori<\/em> -Moonjune Records, 2016-) o el saxofonista y flautista Mel Collins, fundamentalmente para registros en directo (como es el caso que nos ocupa).<\/p>\n

La importancia de Mel Collins radica en una riqueza de texturas coloristas que aportan ideas novedosas pero desde la introspecci\u00f3n y la econom\u00eda de notas ya desde el inicial \u201cHide The Trees\u201d. Pieza \u00e9sta cuyas influencias son de marcado sonido crimsoniano<\/em>, algo que se prolonga con descaro evidente en la continuaci\u00f3n con la en\u00e9rgica \u201cLark’s Tongues In Aspic, Part 2\u201d.<\/p>\n

En \u201cSepia\u201d, el sonido se torna hacia la exploraci\u00f3n et\u00e9rea y atmosf\u00e9rica y el dark<\/em> ambient psicod\u00e9lico y pinkfloydiano<\/em> que busca lo \u00edntimo y lo inquietante y el misterio.<\/p>\n

\u201cSartori In Tangier\u201d como el t\u00edtulo presagia, y sin dejar de lado las influencias del grupo de Fripp, tiene esencias del mundo \u00e1rabe donde el intercambio de ideas entre Markus Reuter y Mel Collins campa a sus anchas.<\/p>\n

Es en \u201cCrack In The Sky\u201d donde est\u00e1 contenida toda la belleza. Esta balada dedicada al desaparecido guitarrista Allan Holdsworth y donde brilla con luz propia la Touch Guitar<\/em> de Markus Reuter.<\/p>\n

\u201cHoratio\u201d (Deep<\/em> 2012) me dirige de inmediato a la prodigiosa d\u00e9cada de los a\u00f1os 70 donde King Crimson brillaba m\u00e1s que el sol en el panorama progresivo. Sonido evidente cercano Larks’ Tongues In Aspic<\/em> o Starless And Bible Black<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Una pieza para un film imaginario de acci\u00f3n es \u201cProg Noir\u201d con la voz de Tony Levin y el guitarreo corrosivo de Markus Reuter.<\/p>\n

\u00abOokami\u00bb son atm\u00f3sferas oscuras, n\u00e9bulas misteriosas y fantasmales y lis\u00e9rgicas que buscan la materia oscura del cosmos y donde Mel Collins encuentra su lugar entre las estrellas.<\/p>\n

Cierra el primer disco la crimsoniana<\/em>, vitalista y delirante \u201cLevel 5\u201d en una nueva declaraci\u00f3n de intenciones, d\u00e9bitos y agradecimientos al Rey Carmes\u00ed con Mel Collins en el saxof\u00f3n tenor y Markus Reuter rindiendo pleites\u00eda a Robert Fripp.<\/p>\n

La segunda parte del concierto comienza con un Soundscape<\/em> a modo de obertura.<\/p>\n

Paisajes sonoros con destacada participaci\u00f3n de Mel Collins a la flauta y saxo soprano con el apoyo incuestionable de Markus Reuter y su \u201cFrippertronics guitars<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cProg Noir\u201d y \u201cLevel 5\u201d tienen su r\u00e9plica en este segundo disco donde destaca la pieza \u201cIndustry\u201d con una larga introducci\u00f3n ambient<\/em> con la participaci\u00f3n del saxo tenor de Mel Collins que culmina con un desarrollo r\u00edtmico-percusivo que se implementa con la guitarra lis\u00e9rgica y \u201cfrippertr\u00f3nica\u201d de Markus Reuter.<\/p>\n

En \u201cMantra\u201d podemos disfrutar del lado m\u00e1s amable y l\u00edrico, casi Canterbury<\/em>, que se acerca a Camel aunque sea de lejos.<\/p>\n

Es \u201cShiro\u201d una demostraci\u00f3n groove<\/em> a cargo del saxo tenor con efectos de Mel Collins. Una propuesta que se divide entre el funk-rock-jazz <\/em>y donde tiene cabida la improvisaci\u00f3n colectiva y la aparici\u00f3n del \u201cTake The A Train\u201d (Duke Ellington) en la embocadura del saxo del nombrado Mel Collins.<\/p>\n

Mentir\u00eda si dijera que \u201cSailor’s Tale\u201d no es uno de los momentos de mayor calado (al menos para m\u00ed). La pieza incluida originalmente en el \u00e1lbum del a\u00f1o 1972, Islands<\/em> de King Crimson, supone un viaje gozoso al pasado en esta versi\u00f3n m\u00e1s que notable en relaci\u00f3n a s\u00ed misma a la original.<\/p>\n

Con el parad\u00f3jico t\u00edtulo, \u201cOpen\u201d, se pone el punto final a este Roppongi<\/em>. En este \u00faltimo corte las atm\u00f3sferas misteriosas y el dark-ambient<\/em> vuelven para quedarse con un Mel Collins que manipula el saxo tenor con fluctuaciones electr\u00f3nicas manteniendo un di\u00e1logo con Markus Reuter al que se van uniendo Tony Levin y Pat Mastelotto en una org\u00eda de sonidos delirantes e inacabables.<\/p>\n

Stick Men \u201csin velo\u201d es El Pr\u00edncipe Carmes\u00ed.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a9 Enrique Farelo, 2018<\/p>\n

Stick Men Featuring Mel Collins: Roppongi<\/em> (Moonjune records 2017)<\/p>\n

Tony Levin (stick<\/em> y voz), Markus Reuter (Touch Guitars\u00ae AU8<\/em>, Soundscapes<\/em>, teclados), Pat Mastelotto (bater\u00eda y percusi\u00f3n electr\u00f3nica y ac\u00fastica), Mel Collins (saxos, flauta)<\/p>\n

CD I: \u201cHide The Trees\u201d, \u201cLark’s Tongues In Aspic, Part 2\u201d, \u201cSepia\u201d, \u201cSartori In Tangier\u201d, \u201cCrack In The Sky\u201d, \u201cHoratio\u201d, \u201cProg Noir\u201d, \u201cOokami\u201d y \u201cLevel 5\u201d.<\/p>\n

CD II: \u201cRoppongi (Soundcape<\/em>)\u201d, \u201cSchattenhaft\u201d, \u201cIndustry\u201d, \u201cMantra\u201d, \u201cProg Noir\u201d, \u201cShiro\u201d, \u201cSailor’s Tale\u201d, \u201cLevel 5\u201d y \u201cOpen\u201d.<\/p>\n

Todas las composiciones de Levin\/Reuter\/Mastelotto excepto \u201cLarks’ Tongues in Aspic, Pt. 2\u201d y \u201cSailor’s Tale\u201d (Fripp), \u201cSartori in Tangier\u201d (King Crimson), \u201cLevel 5\u201d (King Crimson), \u201cOokami\u201d (Levin\/Reuter\/Mastelotto\/Collins).<\/p>\n

Grabado en directo en Billboard (Tokyo) el 21 Febrero de 2017. Publicado por MoonJune Records en 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stick Men debe su denominaci\u00f3n a Tony Levin y Michael Bernier (miembros fundadores del grupo junto a Pat Mastelotto) y a la inusual instrumentaci\u00f3n de estos m\u00fasicos int\u00e9rpretes del bajo Chapman Stick. 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