Golden Valley Is Now
Reid Anderson: Electric Bass, Electronics
Dave King: Acoustic and Electronic Drums
Craig Taborn: Synthesizers, Electric and Acoustic Piano
Beyond the rich textural palette created, which is significantly enhanced by the almost tubular-like tones of some of Taborn’s keys, there is a thread of intense melancholy running through the...
Golden Valley Is Now
Reid Anderson: Electric Bass, Electronics
Dave King: Acoustic and Electronic Drums
Craig Taborn: Synthesizers, Electric and Acoustic Piano
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Beyond the rich textural palette created, which is significantly enhanced by the almost tubular-like tones of some of Taborn’s keys, there is a thread of intense melancholy running through the...
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Reid Anderson, Dave King, Craig Taborn: the start of this intimate fellowship, also a narrative showing the invaluable role of friendship in music, is dated 1982. At the forefront are songs based on a pop sensibility, played live without sequencers and delivered by astound ing improvisers and virtuoso instrumentalists, eschewing the muscular gestures of soloist free-styling and improvisatory furore and thus making wisdom audible: the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
They all put themselves in the service of compact songs in which the overall sound itself becomes the event.
The power and magic of this musical statement lies in the modus operandi of the soloists’ restraint and a precise finger-tip feeling for the textures and dynamics of the songs.
The fusion of acoustic and electronic elements, resonating melodies and a punchy production aesthetic characterise the band’s sound.
Whether calmly fluid or eruptive, Golden Valley Is Now’s finely tuned music is beautifully direct and is a declaration of love to the song.
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Golden Valley is Now
20th Sep 2019
Childhood friends, all of whom are now improvising superstars in their own rights, come together to make a noise closer to blissed out pop than jazz. Matt gets over excited.
Awards and reviews
December 2019
Beyond the rich textural palette created, which is significantly enhanced by the almost tubular-like tones of some of Taborn’s keys, there is a thread of intense melancholy running through the material, which at times vaguely recalls Anderson’s The Vastness Of Space in terms of atmosphere rather than harmony.
November 2019
Drawing heavily on synthesizer voices that were new around the time of Kraftwerk’s peak popularity, the trio has fashioned 10 instrumentals that emphasize tune and texture of improvisational displays.
