Jonas Hellborg - Abstract Logic - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Jonas Hellborg launches a new for integration of east and west, a project called ART METAL. Borrowing the aesthetic of contemporary metal expanded with Indian and jazz improvisation discipline, it is a proposal for what a new musical canvas could be.

Bassist Jonas Hellborg, guitarist Shawn Lane (one time Black Oak Arkansas member at age 15) & drummer Jeff Sipe (Aquarium Rescue Unit) present electric jazz recorded from various concerts in Germany. The songs were played by the trio from 1996-97, but were never released on CD. Some of the songs have appeared in incomplete versions on earlier CDs.

This classic album is now being remastered, repackaged and re-released. Recorded on a 1995 tour of Europe, it has captured a lot of attention since it's in 1996. At the start, it's just a simple bass figure two notes repeated slowly. But over the next hour, the mood builds and surges, moving through multiple permutations in the hands of three master instrumentalists. Jonas Hellborg's bass notes are clear and articulate and distinctively original. Guitarist Shawn Lane moves easily from sensitive chording to melodic lines expressed in a vibrant, singing tone. Jeff Sipes drumming is melodic, his use of dynamics is intelligent and unexpected.