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releases... article extracts... On paper it looks pretty
straight forward, an improv collective made up of two thirds of Endgame and
likewise two thirds of Continuum. The usual suspects have been quoted in
other reviews and (sadly) occasional press snippet.. "Take a dash of
ECM, mix in some other worldly Theremin sounds season with a smattering of
cosmic excursion and shove the whole thing through the notorious Freeman
Blender (Patent pending folks!) and there you have it, The Escape
Route!" And this was pretty much what I expected. But seconds in to opening
the box and I realised that there was more, or to be more precise, I realised
that there was so much more. ...Sonically speaking (to these ears at least) the group is
actually several worlds removed from either the Endgame or Continuum sound.
True to say that trademarks of both are apparent to the initiated but on
first appearances Escape Route seem to specialise in creating vast oceans of
ever shifting soundscapes, I guess that the newcomer will initially latch on
to the vague ECM like tonal quality to many of the tracks, but don’t let this
fool you, Flight from the debut disc simply burns white-hot whilst Scylla
from the second is a veritable sea monster of a workout! ...for those of you looking for a new direction in music ... check
the escape route!... by Peter Smith in Audion #55, page 10 (February 2009) |
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