Dee C'rell takes you on a mellow, sedate and composed journey through his new album Elektronische Kompositionen. There are some quite crazy spoken passages, interesting and effective beats and abstract live piano. The experimentation is extremely satisfying, and it is a great endorsement of electronic jazz music.
'Looping At The Spree' is a delicately crafted piece, so fragile but very elegant in its sound composition. 'Ballad of Love' is a truly eclectic mix, complete with reverse instrumentation, world percussion, violin samples, light piano touches and the spoken voice, creating an extremely absorbing and original soundscape. 'Letters from Chicago' has an intriguing experimental appeal, brought about by improvised piano and an infectious electronica beat. 'Don't Ever Leave Myself I' features a very alluring and dark hook, yet again mixed in with short piano noodling.
Although the beats can get quite monotonous, and there is a somewhat over-reliance on little piano hooks, and that does dilute the quality somewhat. It would be nice to hear some more audacious experiments with the vocal parts and the beats, and some of the tracks do hover on the edge of self-indulgence.
This is an interestingly experimental album, with strong jazz styling but plenty of innovation. It shows a direction jazz music can go in order to attract a more youthful and esoteric audience.
Rating - 7/10
http://deecrellmusic.bandcamp.com/album/elektronische-kompositionen
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