"Barry Cleveland's third album as a leader finds the renowned guitarist and composer exploring the nuances of rhythm. Drawing from a varied palette of traditions, timbres and tonalities, Volcano bridges the impressionist leanings of his previous releases with a more audacious, kinetic approach. Listeners will appreciate the disc's pulsing rhythms, inter-weaving melodies, and layers of evocative atmospheres." —Anil Prasad, Innerviews
"Cleveland & Friends compass their way through some uncharted sonic territory while embracing a variety of worldly grooves and influences. From a purely textural and orchestral standpoint—that being the ample diversity of sounds, colors, and the instrumentation—the album is an absolute delight to listen to. All in all, this is an imaginative, somewhat heady album, yet with plenty of deep-rooted rhythms to keep the whole thing from exploding into the upper thermosphere. Cleveland’s sonic cyclorama is a real treat." —Robert Kaye , Abstract Logix
"A series of rhythm-based pieces that draw on inspirations from a multitude of sources to create a sonic landscape that becomes an entity unto itself. It's an album that leans towards Eastern harmonies and yet clearly comes from players with a Western background. And, in the end, it's an appealingly multilayered aural experience that continues to reveal new things with every listen." —John Kelman, All About Jazz
Supersaturated Records 2004Read Full Reviews of Volcano here
Download Samples (mp3)1. Makanda (4:50)
2. Tongue of Fire (5:36)
3. Secret Prescriptions of the Bedroom (5:40)
4. Black Diamond Express (4:10)
5. Ophidian Waves (5:32)
6. Obsidian Night (5:32)
7. Volcano (4:51)
8. Rhumbatism (4:42)
9. Dervish Circles (6:30)
10. Dark Energy (5:10)
Barry Cleveland: electric & acoustic
guitars, vocalizer, synthesizer, synth bass, electric bass
Michael Pluznick: conga, bongo, clay pot, anklung, talking drum,
bata, box drum, clavé, gourd, shaker
Michael Manring: electric bass
Norbert Stachel: piccolo, concert, alto & bass flutes; sopranino,
soprano & tenor saxophones; concert, bass & contrabass clarinets;
EWI
Michael Masley: bowhammer cymbalom, reed slide, lokota slide,
phenix
With: Lygia Ferra (voice), Maxwell Taylor (voice), Arthur Hull (conga, box drum, bongo), Kim Atkinson (conga), Chris Walker (conga, bell, shaker)
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