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Pulled By Magnets: Rose Golden Doorways

By Chris May
February 17, 2020
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After a momentous start in the mid 2000s with saxophonist

Pete Wareham

saxophone, tenor

" data-original-title="" title="">Pete Wareham's

Acoustic Ladyland

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">Acoustic Ladyland and his own band,

Polar Bear

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">Polar Bear, drummer

" data-original-title="" title="">Sebastian Rochford's path through British jazz has been distinguished, though not without the odd glitch. The highs have been Himalayan. Perhaps most notably, he played a key role in reeds player

Shabaka Hutchings

woodwinds

" data-original-title="" title="">Shabaka Hutchings'

Sons of Kemet

band / ensemble / orchestra

" data-original-title="" title="">Sons of Kemet, and is heard on Burn (Naim, 2013), Lest We Forget What We Came Here To Do (Naim, 2015) and Your Queen Is A Reptile (Impulse!, 2018). All three albums are landmarks in the unfolding story of the new London jazz . Outwith these bands, Rochford has a string of sideman and guest musician credits of epic breadth and biblical length, from

Ingrid Laubrock

saxophone
b.1970

" data-original-title="" title="">Ingrid Laubrock's quartet in the mid 2000s through

Brian Eno

synthesizer
b.1948

" data-original-title="" title="">Brian Eno and

Herbie Hancock

piano
b.1940

" data-original-title="" title="">Herbie Hancock and on to Patti Smith in 2016.

Rochford's latest project, Pulled By Magnets, is one of only a few underwhelming moments (such as ambitiously conceived but dull in execution albums with thereminist Pamelia Kurstin and jaw-harpist David Coulter). With Pete Wareham and bass guitarist

Neil Charles

bass, acoustic

" data-original-title="" title="">Neil Charles (Zed-U,

Empirical

saxophone, soprano

" data-original-title="" title="">Empirical) on board, the group can be expected to shift tectonic plates, and it does. But the music is overburdened with warp-by-numbers sub-grindcore noise. The abiding impression is of those disaster-in-a-submarine movies in which, as the craft sinks deeper and deeper into the depths, the pressure on its hull produces straining, groaning sounds warning of impending doom. Some may enjoy listening to that. Others may not.

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Track Listing

Nowhere Nothing; Slow Shrouded Isle; Breath That Sparks; Those Among Us; The Immortal Fire; Cold Regime People Die; Within; The Moon Of Oduglin; Invite Them In.

Personnel

Sebastian Rochford

drums

Pete Wareham: saxophone; Neil Charles: bass guitar; Seb Rochford: drums.

Album information

Title: Rose Golden Doorways | Year Released: 2020 | Record Label: Glitterbeat

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