Duot and Andy Moor, Food, A Review (2017)

Duot and Andy Moor, Food, A Review (2017)

By: Ghost Writer

Rock N Roll Animal

Andy Moor is a Dutch guitarist who has made an admirable transition from his punk roots into avant garde, having learned the boundless capabilities of guitars thanks to listening and touring with people like Sonic Youth, apart from his main career activities with avant garde, and always interesting Dutch punks The Ex, Moor has launched an always mind expanding career with wild collaboration with other sound artist, either from the electronica field and from the world of free jazz, Moor's guitar has been able to create a truly wide array of sounds giving way to a sonic universe so impressive and establishing Moor as one of the most interesting guitarists of his generation, never afraid to try new things.

So Moor's latest sonic experience comes from a trip to sunny Spain, and from a meeting with a free jazz duet named Duot, a band composed by saxophonist Albert Cicera and drummer Ramón Prats both of them collaborators of jazz greats like Agustí Fernández, here Duot serve as perfect counterparts to Moor's jagged edge guitar deconstructions on the record's opener Skim, we get the chance of listening to Moor's disruptive innovations along with Cicera and Prats' shy approaches, with Prats' drumming pushing Moor's playing to the front, Prats' approach is energetic yet subtle, a perfect anchor to to Moor's guitar getting increasingly dynamic, going from disjointed parts and into aggressive riffing, never letting it become a three way fight, with Cicera violently squeezed between guitars and drums, while on Slow Food he gets the chance of leading the action in a subtle piece showcasing Prats' skills as an awesome colorist in the tradition of some great free jazz drummers.

For those expecting a duel between Cicera and Moor, the moment arrives on Arrebato, a piece with Moor's razor share strings fully in display along with Cicera wanderings and corrosive sax lines in a delicious violent clash of mighty powers, and then unexpectedly listening to Moor moving to bass on the droning Bass Cabinet, where Prats and Cicera simply steal the show distilling pure glorious sound, following a similar path on Modern Condition, were Moor really reinvents the sound of guitar and get a on an alien dialogue with Cicera, that before going into truly visceral stuff on the burning It's Your Business, piece that finds both artists truly integrated and on a focused attack.

With Food, Moor finds comprehensive and challenging companion, a pair of adventurous musicians willing to go all the way with him, taking the free jazz language to even farther places, Moor might not be exactly a jazz musician, but his ability to improve and to unchain the sounds of his guitar makes him a powerful asset to this duo of free jazz adventurers, this might not be free jazz like the one played by Albert Ayler or Ornette Coleman, but is the sort of explosive and mind blowing stuff people like John Zorn and Thurston Moore have been churning for years in the free form circuit, and it's always a great experience to listen to Moor's talent growing like a wild fire.