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Infradig
has definitely made a statement with Kinetic Transfer. While
they haven't strayed too far form their early funk/jazz
course, they have opened their minds to the methodology
that electronic pioneers continue to master. In doing so,
their flow can leap and dip at a minute's notice, and the
atmospheres they produce - whether jazz influenced or filled
with electronic dissonance - are many. Their thick sounds
completely soak through these seven tracks, taking the listener
on a multifaceted, ride in just over 35 minutes.
Read
the full review here.
-
Jamie Lee for Jambands.com
Another
impressive instrumental album from July is Infradig's Kinetic
Transfer. We first picked up on their other album, Market
St. Boogaloo,a few months ago. I couldn't believe that such
a great album came from a band I had never heard anyone
talk about. Based in Chattanooga, TN, Infradig taps into
a sublime jazz mine excavated by Medeski, Martin, and Wood.
Honing their chops with constant local gigs, the band has
kick-started their own evolution. Kinetic Transfer boasts
better production and a more mature collection of songs
that the first album. Deep and primal, Infradig's loose
grooves provoke both parts of your brain.
Bryan
Rodgers, Homegrownmusic.net
Southeastern
Performer
Review
³Maroon
mood.² ³Asymtotic.² ³The dare.²
³Add mass.² ³Groove vs. the ill.²
³Warmilksawzer. Benediction.²
Wait--that¹s
the list of the tracks.Strange that I was feeling that exact
sequence of moods while this frantically engaging EP played
in my stereo. For example, nobody can really tell you what
a maroon mood might feel like. Seemingly because of this,
Infradig provides the definitions with their cyclical groove.
Know the first track,and know its title, and you¹ll
know all about a ³Maroon Mood.² Could it be that
this is that rare good concept album? If so, it¹s hard
totell exactly what the concept might be, since it completely
lacks lyrics; also because the beats are hypnotic. ³Maroon
Mood² begins when Joshua CalebGreen (drums) and David
Kaufman (bass) collaborate on hard-hitting drum
and bass intro. The listener settles in with the onset of
a steady yet restrained wah coming from Andrew Hobbs¹s
guitar. A piercing synthesizer enters next, and from that
point on, arguably for the rest of the album, Infradig develop
upon the jam, each track representing different phases o
fone musical statement.
At
about 2:30 of the third track, ³The Dare,² the
melody alternates between an ominous synth line and a more
pleasant guitarpart, where the overriding mood goes along
with the synth line, which alwayslurks around the bend,
throughout all the relieving distractions. While no single
one of them stands above the rest, all four of themusicians
in this band display themselves as technically wise and
creative players. The conglomerate is an eerie album with
a coherent groove that runs above,below, around, and through
all 7 tracks.
- Aaron Mendlesohn -Southeastern Performer
