Steve Reid - Odyssey Of The Oblong Square

Steve Reid - Odyssey Of The Oblong SquareLimited gold colored vinyl LP pressing of this deep spiritual jazz classic. Soul Jazz Records are re releasing this rarest release of deep heavyweight jazz by Steve Reid & The Master Brotherhood, entitled Odyssey of the Oblong Square, first released over thirty five years ago on Reid's own Mustevic Sound record label and has been a serious collectors album ever since. Steve Reid became known worldwide for his radical collaborations with Kieran Hebden

"we got way more heavy

the source material was reworked by Reyes under an approach he's dubbed "technoindigenous studies" which explores his Puerto Rican heritage through modern electronics

he was asked to executive produce and compose the music for the new Halloween movie directed by David Gordon Green

Near the end of "Gonna Raise Hell" the orchestra is citing a snippet from "Heaven Tonight"

This is music of the plenum and not the void: it is teeming with forms that behave in ways that recall descriptions of elaborately jeweled DMT hyperspace

dance floor warm-ups

and breezy emo that

This is a release that will be eagerly embraced by Twin Peaks fans and a great addition to our much beloved Twin Peaks catalog

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These recordings have been enhanced by Grammy Award winning producer and musician Robby Turner

Bo Diddley and Elmore James

And in sculpting Bambi's distinctly inventive arrangements