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"The record has its share of tumultuous moments. On "Simple Question - Complex Answers," saxophonist Korhan Futaci uses looming organ chords, much like Miles Davis used to conduct musicians on his mid-1970s albums, as a backdrop for hyper-vocalised cries that project anguish and a bit of hysteria. Then McPhee steps up with his tenor to deliver coarse, rippling lines, and for a moment it's like a mash-up of Agharta and Archie Shepp's Fire Music. Intimations of street battle make an appearance on "Tek'e" -- the Turkish word for a billy goat -- when a siren-like theremin plows through some traditional folk stylings played on a cura (a small, two-stringed baglama) like a cop car scattering protesters; an ensuing duet by the saxophonists sounds like a lament for those who have been clubbed down. But the moments when the players sound most engaged come on "Involution," where McPhee's shift to squelchy pocket trumpet voicings enables him to join with the quartet's restless blipscape rather than simply sail over it." - Bill Meyer, The Wire
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released March 18, 2014
Personnel:
Joe McPhee-tenor saxophone, pocket trumpet
Korhan Futaci-tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, voice, Moog theremin
Umut Caglar-Micromoog, electric organ, guitar
Ozun Usta-acoustic bass, upright bass, Cura
Korhan Arguden-drums, old K Zildjian cymbals
Packaging: LP
Recorded live at Babylon in Istanbul, Turkey on March 18th, 2014 by Ozan Murat.