"Inner Noise", a composition of the Israeli drummer Asaf Sirkis living
in Great Britain, is performed by a trio which at the first glance looks
like a typical organ trio. But when listening to the music of this CD you
will experience a great difference to what you could have assumed.
The church organ gives the composition its own character: The mighty
sound expands a wide aerea of harmonies which remind us modern classic
organ music such as of Olivier Messiaen. Steve Lodder uses the instrument
with full work nearly throughout the total composition. Only in the songs
"Desert Vision" and "Questions" Steve plays with low voices, almost
tenderly and contemplatively.
Sirkis grants each of the instruments its own room, so the organ is not
dominant at all. The guitar fills the foreground with rocky figures
and a slightly distorted sound, which lets you feel the rock sound of the late 60's.
The drums play an original part really brilliantly.
Remains the question of the kind of music: Is it bop, rock, fusion, modern
jazz or what else? It is difficult to answer this question, as Sirkis' intense
music seems to contain elements of different kinds, nonetheless creating
a style of its own, influenced by his Middle East roots.
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