VTT2: Vital Tech Tones, Vol. 2
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 2000-05-23
Music Label: Tone Center
Soundtracks:
- VTT
- Subzero
- The Litigants
- Puhtainin' Thu...
- Drums Stop, No Good
- Catch Me If U Can
- Nairobe Express - Vital Tech Tones, Henderson, Scott [1
- Who Knew?
- Time Tunnel - Vital Tech Tones, Browne, Baron
- Chakmool-Ti
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Free Music Review: FUSION CAN BE FUN!
Hit: 5 Stars
If you heard the band's debut album, "Vital Tech Tones [Vol.1]", and liked it, you are going to love this album! These are musicians at the very peak of their musical career, yet, they do not take themselves too seriously. This is indicated perfectly on the opening track when Victor plays a little tongue-in-cheek piece introducing the band. This is what VTT are all about, having fun playing. Victor is a remarkable bass player. Unlike many fusion players these days, he still plays a 4 string bass. What he does on this instrument is quite frankly bewildering! His rhythmically complex patterns suggest to me that he must have had tabla lessons at some point! Such is his brilliance. Later, on the album, he switches to fretless bass, taking some fantastic solos on that as well! However, VTT is not just about solos, it's about every aspect of the music.
There are tunes where only Victor and Steve play. Their interaction as a rhythm section is phenomenal. Yet there's still an element of humour throughout this album, as well as some excellent compositions and improvising. Every musician gets their own space to display their awesome talents to the full - without it ever becoming just showing off. It is perfectly balanced.
If you're a Steve Smith fan, this is him at his best. Once again, it's not all about solos. Steve lays down some really groovy beats as well, which set up Victor with the perfect forum to add his own magic. Scott, I feel, has finally shook off all those awful comparisons with other guitarists, and found his own unique voice on the guitar. He has an edge to his playing, while also still able to outplay most guitarists in the technique department. Yet, he doesn't overdo it. He is varied in his approach and writing style.
This is a band that shows how fusion should be played - with fun! Moreover, it certainly comes across in both their albums. They simply enjoy playing together as a band. They have it all - excellent compositions/improvising/interaction, all the criteria required to produce such a wonderful product.
The outstanding track for me is the very last one, "Chakmool-Ti", which is the band's showcase composition - simply wonderful. A MUST BUY for anyone interested in hearing musicians actually having FUN playing. VTT is the best band I've heard in ages.
Yanek
VTT2: Vital Tech Tones, Vol. 2 Poster
Complex, robust, full-bodied. Like a bold cabernet, the jazz-rock fusion that flows from the three lads in Vital Tech Tones is best appreciated by those with mature tastes and inquisitive natures. After an initial jolt to the senses, it gradually reveals subtle satisfactions that become more apparent after repeated samplings, persuading you over time that you have unearthed something deeply enjoyable. Fusion fans fond of music with a freestyle rock sensibility should be drawn to this inviting, hard-edged excursion into territory once explored by the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Guitarist Scott Henderson (of Tribal Tech) sends showers of expressive, nonlinear chords raining down on the detailed rhythmic underpinnings supplied by drummer Steve Smith (of Vital Information and, long ago, Journey) and bassist Victor Wooten (of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones). The results (all instrumental) are challenging, engrossing, a bit raw, not fully melodic, yet never so abstract that they become alienating. Without showboating, Henderson tinkers with textures that at times bring to mind Jeff Beck, Eddie Van Halen, and a young Al Di Meola, all in an ever-shifting context that encourages sustained listening. Worthwhile. --Terry WoodJazz Music CDs
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