{"id":20880,"date":"2021-04-20T05:30:21","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T09:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=20880"},"modified":"2021-04-19T14:29:41","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T18:29:41","slug":"album-review-binker-and-moses-dem-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/20\/album-review-binker-and-moses-dem-ones\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Binker and Moses &#8212; Dem Ones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-20881\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/binker_moses.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/binker_moses.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/binker_moses-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/binker_moses-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>It take confidence to put together a musical duo featuring only saxophone and drums; there\u2019s nowhere to hide, musically. There\u2019s no traditional rhythm section to establish a foundation, no polyphonic instruments to craft a melody. But Binker and Moses \u2013 saxophonist Binker Golding and drummer Moses Boyd \u2013 make the most of the format. As might be expected, this isn\u2019t tuneful, singalong music; it\u2019s challenging stuff that requires active listening. But for those willing to take on something adventurous, <i>Dem Ones<\/i> is a fascinating listen.<\/p>\n<p>In some ways the pieces sound as if the duo was playing some comparatively conventional extended pieces, and then they used the middle of the song as an excuse to head off in exploratory fashion. Oh, and then they edited out the conventional parts &#8211; -the head, if you will \u2013 leaving only the weird stuff.<\/p>\n<p>If that sounds interesting to oyu, then by all means do check out <i>Dem Ones<\/i>. Its opening track, \u201cNo Long \u2018Tings\u2019 has those qualities in great amount. If, on the other had, it strieks as a gruesome and potentially unlistenable, then the music itself is likely to elicit the same reaction. \u201cMan Like GP\u201d is closer to the solo section on Sonny Rollins\u2019 Way Out West, which is ot say that it\u2019s a bit more accessible.<\/p>\n<p>On \u201cBlack Ave Maria,\u201d Golding gets some otherworldly texture out of his tenor sax; at first, it sounds more like a synthesizer. But the instruments on <i>Dem Ones<\/i> are wholly untreated; the LP sounds very muck like an audio verit\u00e9 document, with no sweetening or post-production of any kind. In fact, as the info on the back of the LP jacket tells us, the album was recorded straight to an analog tape machine, \u201cwithout any editing, overdubbing or mixing.\u201d For that alone it\u2019s worthy of admiration. For those with a taste for the out-there qualities that define the free in free jazz, <i>Dem Ones<\/i> is a trip worth taking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It take confidence to put together a musical duo featuring only saxophone and drums; there\u2019s nowhere to hide, musically. 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