Wild Bill Ricketts, Mara TK and friends - John Dryden - 2009

Wild Bill Ricketts, Mara TK and friends - John Dryden

Жанр: Experimental, Indie Pop, Ska
Страна-производитель диска (релиза): Новая Зеландия
Год издания: 2009
Издатель (лейбл): Self Released
Аудиокодек: FLAC (*.flac)
Тип рипа: tracks
Битрейт аудио: (lossy + lossless)
Продолжительность: 46:16
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Треклист:

01. Coconut Tree (1:10)

02. Wild Bill Ricketts, Mara TK, Riki Gooch - New J (3:50)

03. Wild Bill Ricketts, Connan Mockasin, Riki Gooch - Siamese Dream (7:03)

04. Wild Bill Ricketts, Mara TK - Jaw Bone (7:40)

05. Wild Bill Ricketts, Mara TK, Riki Gooch, Joe Lindsay - Mangi Mangi (5:27)

06. Wild Bill Ricketts, Mara TK - Why Some of Them (8:50)

07. Wild Bill Ricketts, Mara TK - Shoe Gazer (6:24)

08. Ben Fulton - I Was You (3:33)

09. Wild Bill Ricketts, Aaron Tokona - Copper Leaf (2:19)

Review by Simon Sweetman
I cannot stop playing this album. I’m serious. I can’t. I have been thrashing this for a month or more - and that hardly happens, mostly because there is always new stuff to check out and old favourites to return to. But Wild Bill Ricketts - the solo-album persona of Phoenix Foundation percussionist/keyboardist, Will Ricketts - has created a beguiling album that brims and bursts with ideas. Considering Luke Buda and Sam Scott have released two albums each - and T.C. Wedde’s ‘Bronze’ was a very strong effort too - you could imagine being intimidated as a member of the Phoenix Foundation planning a solo sojourn. But not Ricketts. He has enlisted the help of ex-Trinity Roots man Rio Hemopo and Connan Hosford, among others, to provide vocals. But the production, writing and a lot of the playing comes from Ricketts. And, rather brilliantly, given that his main gig is as a percussionist, this album is a melodic triumph; a swirling cauldron of quirky concepts and contrasts, moving from weird folk to pretty psychedelic pop. I am convinced it’s one of the best albums I’ll hear all year.