Traditional Aliens: What World Will You Live In (digital outlets)

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Gat Black
Traditional Aliens: What World Will You Live In (digital outlets)

This duo of Pateriki Hura (guitars, bass, keys) and Cameron Budge (drummer) from Hastings previously appeared at Elsewhere when they were called Infinity.

After a sensible name change (try locating a band called Infinity on the web), they return with their third album of polished, professional and mostly laid-back, slightly jazzy instrumentals which don't owe much, if anything, to contemporary trends but rather take the off-ramp from contained and considered LA fusion of the Seventies (Gat Black, Good Morning Cereal Drama).

There are some interesting pieces here (the Pacific ease of the breeze-blown Infinity Pt 7, the more assertive Days on End Pt 4) but over the 48 minutes you might want for a little more drama of the kind suggested by the spacey soundtrack of Infinity Pt 6, the edgy Unknown and the vocals which appear on the title track which break up the texture.

Cool cover. 

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You can hear this album at Spotify here


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