Mikrokolektyw - Revisit (2010) /electronic, avant-garde, jazz

Polish jazzbos Mikrokolektyw have performed with experimental-electronics artists like Matmos, Fennesz, and even, deviating slightly toward a less stationary crowd, Zu. Thus the duo’s music would like very much to lean toward the experimental, and at times it almost does. Revisit is strong in its atmosphere. Majewski and Suchar compose well and sparsely when they do, achieving the downtown sound for which they’ve written. My advice is that they deviate further, push more toward a sound that gives them, as their album notes state, “melodies like cartographers from some distant future.” Reading that makes one hope for Brian Eno, a trumpet, and an empty planetarium. In fact, after reading about Mikrokolektyw’s association to experimental electronic, I had hoped for SETI project samples. Space music is big. Only Sun Ra and post-rockers have fused it well with jazz. Revisit is a strong album but, again as it’s notes tell us, it is not “an outline of unexplored electronic hieroglyphs,” not by a mile. Think about it, Mikrokolektyw, and kick on your Space-Echo.

Mikrokolektyw - Revisit (2010) Tracklist:
1. Revisit (05:34)
2. Rocket Street (02:52)
3. Running Without Effort (05:45)
4. Tiring Holiday (05:40)
5. Almost A Good Mood (02:07)
6. Attention! (02:13)
7. Lipuko (05:08)
8. Casio (04:56)
9. Tar Man (04:14)
10. Watermelon From The 80s (02:16)
11. Gift (01:35)

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