Pangolin Band
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Lush, sophisticated rock- rolling grooves, innovative guitar work and the soul-soaked vocals of Kylie Auldist and Wendy Rule.
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Pangolin Band's music is equal parts rawness and lushness, like a panorama of Australian summer sky seen through a bug-spattered windscreen, on the rushing indolence of a car trip to the beaches. "Serenity" is a word not often associated with Rock, but there is a serenity to the music of Pangolin Band as they swing from delicate to thunderous like the Smashing Pumpkins' good twin. Pangolin Band have the lustre and spaciousness of the Cocteau Twins and The Church, but with the rock and roll thud and jazzy clatter of the great power trios- Cream, Led Zeppelin and The Hendrix Experience. Overlying this is the influence of global grooves from bossa-nova to Afro-pop, and underlying it, and showing through in the sideslipping chord progressions, is a hint of the addictive sourness of Flamenco and Eastern European music. Throw in the iridescent chord voicings of Allan Holdsworth and Bill Connors, and a bit of distant Shoegazer thunder, and you have the complex mix that is Pangolin Band.
Like the landscapes and sensations of the Australian summer that they evoke, Pangolin Band have a huge energy that can become trancelike. "Treeline" pays tribute to this sensation:
"We hit the road, there's a smear of cloud, comatose, over light filled spaces, the dashboard glows."
Melbourne outfit Pangolin Band were formed in 2002 to play impressionistic music with a hard rock edge. They have recently released their debut album. It is characterised by a commitment to musical interaction, with a strong element of improvisation that has become unfashionable in rock. Basic tracks were mostly cut in one take, without click tracks and with minimal editing. The results preserve some of the flexibility and spontaneity of Jazz, without losing the strong song structures.
The band consist of : Paul Hughan, Guitar, Barry Mason, Drums, Gerrit Thomson, Bass.
The CD features well known Melbourne funk and soul singer Kylie Auldist (Brown Hornet, Bomba, Renee Geyer, Small Fish Deep Sea), solo artist Wendy Rule ( www.wendyrule.com ), and Jacinta Percy.
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Rating-9.5/10
author: Keith HannaleckThe Pangolin Band has a sound that you can try to define but good luck doing so. They hail from Melbourne Australia and rarely do I have the opportunity to hear a band from this part of the globe, and when I do, it is always a treat. Down under has yielded some of the greatest music stars; however, you do not hear too much talk about it. I think the importance of the area and what is has contributed to music over the years is vastly underrated. Take this amazing indie band for instance; their self-released album TRB is quite an accomplishment. From the first track right through to the end they offer you an incredibly tasteful and diverse array of rock music. To say it's just rock music is a general statement; do not let that mislead you. This band mixes a compelling dose of rock, blues, jazz, jam, fusion, well you name it, they use a pinch of this and that and throw it all together, enlist some nice alluring female vocals to their sound, and magic happens. They come up with something so appealing and different that you feel duty-bound to turn anyone within your circle of friends and family on to their cool sound. Upon first listen I sent the bandleader Paul Hughan (guitars, keys, effects) an email and told him I loved the CD but had no idea what to call it or where to start, I only knew it was different and the more I explored the CD, the more it opened up new musical vistas for me. Each time I listened, I heard yet another influence or genre I enjoyed. This music is all about atmosphere and creating an ongoing picture show within your mind. This kind of explanation of music is something that has become common with me over the years and I love to be able to convey it to potential listeners because it is so special and worthy of a listen. You will hear jingly guitars like something on a motion picture soundtrack, TV advert, or an REM like sounds. After that journey, off you go into some heavy duty Led Zeppelin like riffs as the bass, courtesy of Gerrit Thomson, and percussion, thank you Barry Mason, come crashing down like the Australian surf (you know, that area where all the great white sharks are?). As the vocals meet the music, it is as if a marriage of people and sound were prearranged in heaven somehow. The ladies that provide the sweets for the sweet (being the music of course) are Kylie Auldist, Jacinta Percy, and Wendy Rule. All of them do a magnificent job making their voices additional instruments, which is a very important factor that makes this whole thing jell into one entity that is so outside the box you cannot help but love it. OK I think I have said my piece, check this CD out; it will be one of the best decisions you make this year to find something new and interesting in music. © Keith "MuzikMan" Hannaleck- HYPERLINK "http://www.muzikreviews.com" http://www.muzikreviews.com January 24, 2006 Rating-9.5/10