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Zero Digital Gravity
"Zero Digital Gravity", is a 12-tune journey through many jazz flavors, from fusion to traditional with influences ranging from Mingus to Metheny with stabs at Dregs compositional fusion. The opening track, "Long Story Short", is a showcase. The beautiful piece combines acoustic guitar, piano, with the deep bass of the great guitar jazz masters from the 50's and 60's. "Evaporation" pushes our way some flavors of more classic jazz guitar phrasings. "Inertia" is a a compelling and moving jazz mover that, as the title suggests, tends to stay in motion. The title track, "Zero Digital Gravity", is a fusion-fest. Guitars move in several directions with the right-channel rock melodic Morse-ish guitar trading lines with the left-channel's traditionalist. The final track on the CD is the song, "Let it Fall". Whether he knows it or not, Pearlman can sing. His lower register vocals are nearly speaking, but when he sings the chorus he soars with strength, tone, and clarity. Well-rounded jazz CD from a mature and seasoned musician.
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The Green Album (Phase 2)
AVAILABLE AT CDBABY.COM AS A DOUBLE CD! All instrumental album in a wide range of styles. There's surf-jazz-funk-ballad stuff mixed in with weird time signature experiments. All original, self recorded and mixed...one-man band. This is probably the future direction of AMC.
Here, you will also find excerpts from a radio interview promoting the Green Album from Public Radio WNCW's "Local Color", a program spotlighting local music, hosted by Kim Clark.
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The Green Album (Phase 1)
AVAILABLE AT CDBABY.COM AS A DOUBLE CD! From the serious to the sublime. More humour. More hot licks. Written, performed, recorded and mixed by yours truly. There's a Frank Zappa tribute song and a Zappa cover song. This is probably the last of the albums featuriing songs with vocals for a while as you will see in The Green Album Phase 2.
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Top Secret
earBuzz Review: This is it - With influences from Elvis Costello to Steely Dan, VanHalen, SRV, Zevon and They Might Be Giants - combined with irresistible comedic and cynical lyrical content and perfect production quality and great musicianship - creates one of the best CDs we've received in 2004 - Alien Music Club's "Top Secret".
The cover Joe Jackson's "Is She Really Going Out With Him", in a speedy reggae, almost Devo (Satisfaction) style. .with smooth creamy pop harmonies and vocals. .superb and unsurpassed version of the 1981 hit. "My Dog's Got A.D.D.", mp3'd here as a clip - rolls with great guitar riffs and roll on the floor lyrics - if you sample one clip - click it now.
These musicians from another world cut loose at least a couple of times with speed pop/jazz instrumentals on the sandwich tracks (opening and closing cuts), "Crash Landing" and "Sexuality" - completing the collection in a style that used to be a mainstay in album making. .that is, the tracks have a purpose in their placement, order, composition, narrative, and presentation - the album makes sense from start to finish - and Alien Music Club's "Top Secret" is a secret that ought to be shared with anyone who appreciates artists who push the envelope within multiple genres and do so with kick ass fun.
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Alien Music Club
earBuzz Review: 18-tracks line the Alien Music Club's self-titled CD starting with "Geezer in the Gator". Jonathan Pearlman is as versatile a musician as there is and this first song is a fast-paced 70's boogie-woogie piece ala Meatloaf - where the geezer is the dinner. The comedy element is always present with Pearlman's writing and track 2, "Mary Wright", chronicles experiences with the know-it-all conservative up-tight Mary. Pearlman goes into a Deep Purple-ish rock feel in "Better Leave a Message". .of course, Blackmore and company probably wouldn't release a song about answering machines. The most unlikely of phrases hits an Austin-based blues rock feel with "My Magic Toenail". The tune is a cross in mood that reminds us of both ZZ Top and Steely Dan. Leave it Pearlman to inject the dichotomy. The reality here is that despite Pearlman's passable singing ability and tremendous comedic pop/rock writings, he is a masterful musician. "Club Jazz" is proof to that as he takes a Paul Desmond 'Take 5' approach to a compelling instrumental. Ray Davies', "Tired of Waiting" is also given a mature musical treatment.
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Brain Luggage
Mellower offering with softer, more introspective feel. Standout tracks: the original version of "Pray for the Aliens", "White Satin's on the Moon", and "Suicide Man".
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Perfect Day
This was a 1995 release available only on audio cassette. It was a concept album a bit on the heavy rock side. I'll eventually add some song samples.
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River Rock
This was a collective album featuring winners from a local rock music contest, and Alien Music Club is included in the lineup with a song called "Overdrive".
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