TED MILTON & LOOPSPOOL - SUBLIME (CD by Charhizma)
A not so remarkable collaboration if one thinks about it. Loopspool is one of the guys from Tied And Tickled Trio, a south German band with jazz/improv/pop interest and Ted Milton you may know as the singer/saxophone player of Blurt (which I never got into, but that's an entirely different story) - that's twice jazz/improv/pop - me think. The nine tracks on this CD were made by using postal systems; sending tapes back and forth. Much more electronic with synths, beats and an electric piano, but all in a very smooth, melancholical atmosphere. Imagine a smoky nightclub, red lights dimmed, but with worn-out furniture, dirty glasses and elderly women still posing their beauty. On the stage Mr. Milton croons, playing saxophone and hidden in the dark sits the piano player and the bass player. I never listen to texts (my mistake, don't worry), but grasping the overal atmosphere presented here it must be all about lost love, saying goodbye and more of those sad things that happen in life. It's a bit too sad, to be called popmusic (you might expect a funny uptempo piece, I'd say), but it' well crafted stuff and maybe after all, a remarkable collaboration.
Frans de Waard, Vital Weekly , August 12, 2000
© 2000 Frans de Waard with permission