More Eurojams! Edition: Datashock, Tross, Lonker See & Uniting Of Opposites
By Aaron Stein Aug 15, 2018 • 1:28 pm PDT
Datashock: Kräuter der Provinz
Longtime RecommNeds readers/listeners know that the best jams are the Eurojams, so let’s see what we can dig up on the other side of the Atlantic, shall we? Let’s start in Germany where we find the jam collective Datashock. Their newest release is Kräuter der Provinz (Herbs Of The Province) and it’s some herb-ready, heady stuff. Eight musicians playing fully improvised pieces, just a bunch of friends in a room creating music in the now at five, 10, 15 minutes a clip. Filled with krauty grooves and psychedelic brain-diggers, this is the good stuff freakers, enjoy it!
Tross: The Overview Effect
From Germany we head over to Sweden. Of course, we have to hit Sweden if we’re looking for the sick Eurojams. Something about the Swedes … maybe it’s the socialized medicine? This time around we’ve got Tross. If you really love to let your brain wander and your body boogie, you’ve definitely got to give their newest album The Overview Effect a listen. These are high-end instrumental jams, outer space excursions and interstellar disco jaunts. This is up there with one of my favorites of the year so far, I do hope you’ll dig it, too.
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Lonker See: One Eye Sees Red
You know where we don’t go all too often? Poland. If there’s more music like Lonker See, that’s a shame. The Polish quartet is out with One Eye Sees Red on the indie label Instant Classic and, it is, indeed a rather epic must-listen. Consisting of just three extended tracks (that still makes the 40-minute mark), this is an album filled with confidence and character. Combining loose composition with skilled improvisation, each piece tells a story with a fully-realized arc and plenty of heck-yeah highlights along the way. Heck. Yeah.
Uniting Of Opposites: Ancient Lights
Finally, we land in the United Kingdom in London, England. Still part of Europe, I believe. Good thing, too, because I recently discovered Uniting Of Opposites and just had to share their debut album Ancient Lights. Perhaps more jazz than jam, they are nonetheless a frothy brain-brew, sure to get your mind reeling with their intoxicating music. The trio fuses together an already groovy jazz and electronica base with Indian sounds – sitars and tablas and more – to hypnotic effect. These guys will take you on a journey, no doubt. Enjoy!
