Eyot - Similarity (2014)

Eyot - Similarity (2014)

Serbia may not be considered a hotbed of improvisational music in eastern Europe but it is home one of the two most exciting bands to emerge from that area of the globe in years. Eyot is a dynamic 4tet that has the uncanny ability to walk a multicultural tightrope between east and west without as much as a bobble. Global fusion is strictly an umbrella term as this formidable 4tet moves through colors and subtle nuanced textures that run the sonic spectrum from their Balkan cultural heritage to ambient fusion.

While most critics prefer artists that can be neatly categorized, labeled and then stored for later use, Eyot continues to draw rave reviews from writers across the globe. Traditionally when a band attempts to work a release within multiple genres and styles there is an immediate harmonic disconnect, not here. No one genre ever becomes the driving lyrical sense of purpose but instead a nuanced ebb and flow of melodic adventure with an edge including the seemingly Nirvana influenced "Blessing." A special land of deep rich rhythm and groove includes "How Shall The Dust Storm Start?" These two tunes open and close the release while more cerebral approach of everything in between can still touch one on a very visceral level.
This is a band that could crush the American market place if given the opportunity yet with the powers that be still operating with both feet planted firmly in 1968 the road will be long and the fight will be hard. The cultural cold war in improvisational music could easily be over with super groups such as Eyot taking the stage.

Sladjan Milenovic - guitar
Dejan Ilijic - piano
Marko Stojiljkovic - bass
Milos Vojvodic - drums

Dejana Sekulic - viola (track 2)
Pete Judge - trumpet (track 8)
Jake McMurchie - tenor saxophone (track 8)

Genre................: Jazz fusion, Jazz rock, Progressive rock
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 2014
Ripper...............: FreeRIP Converter & ATAPI iHAS122 C SCSI
Codec................: LAME 3.98
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels.............: Joint Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3, APE v2.000
Ripped by............: pparadiso on 02.02.2015
Included.............: NFO
Covers...............: All

01. How Shall the Dust Storm Start
02. Druids
03. Similarity
04. Pools of Purple Light
05. New Passover
06. Nirvana
07. Walking on Thin Ice With the Iron Shoes
08. Blessing

Playing Time.........: 53:21
Total Size...........: 123.58 MB

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