Everyone has room in their collection for at least one tuba virtuoso, and if yours is looking a bit bleak in that department may we cordially introduce you to Mr. Oren Marshall. Nominated two years running for the BBC award in jazz innovation, Marshall has finally seen fit to release 'Time Spent At Traffic Lights' - a selection of solo and small ensemble compositions originally recorded during the mid-nineties with The Charming Transport Band and here committed to record for the first time. As with any such endeavor, there's always the danger that one man's jazz odyssey will be another man's gold-plated ball-ache, but thanks to Marshall's brass skills (honed to perfection since the age of fourteen) 'Time Spent At Traffic Lights' remains the right side of the innovative/insufferable divide throughout. Opening with the jaunty excursions of 'Harry's Pain', Marshall then takes us on a meandering journey through the evocative clearing of 'Bush Baby Part One', gives us a brief pep of rabble-rousing quirkiness on the title track, before seeing you out with the dawn-chorus of 'Bar's Dream'. It's enough to expunge the image of Harold Bishop forever...
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"Kinetics" (label - creative sources recordings). Highly abstract spacial improvisation from Portugal featuring Ernesto Rodrigues, Guilherme Rodrigues, Oren Marshall, Carlos Santos, José Oliveira.
The best avant-tuba record of the year Stewart Lee- The Sunday Times Slowfoot Records presents Oren Marshall's groundbreaking album for solo electric tuba An Introduction to the Story of Spedy Sponda. Inspired by a dream, the composition traces Spedy Sponda's journey to enlightenment, mirrored by Oren's ongoing search for strategies to unlock the potential of his instrument. When asked to describe his sound Oren replied, "...a contemporary classical ambient space heavy metal experimental improvised folk blues". The first of a planned five part cycle, Spedy Sponda explores the unique live setup Oren has developed, and captures the range and intensity of his solo performances. Oren uses the tuba to trigger electronic sounds and loops with the aid of a selection of effects pedals. Part of the piece also involves the connection and simultaneous playing of 5 tubas spread around the room, connected by rubber tubing- a sort of surround sound tuba scape.
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