Jaga Jazzist's new release

Jaga Jazzist - One-Arm Bandit (2010) is the kind of album that people who like these kinds of albums will like.

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Originally posted by FMF
Jaga Jazzist - One-Arm Bandit (2010) is the kind of album that people who like these kinds of albums will like.

It sounds a bit like Zappa 1972-1984 (WakaJawaka - Them Or Us, the instrumental stuff, without the guitar) crossed with Nik Batsch's 'Ronin' ensemble, with a sprinkling of King Crimson/Robert Fripp.

Originally posted by FMF
It sounds a bit like Zappa 1972-1984 (WakaJawaka - Them Or Us, the instrumental stuff, without the guitar) crossed with Nik Batsch's 'Ronin' ensemble, with a sprinkling of King Crimson/Robert Fripp.

Some decent sample tunes on their website:
http://www.jagajazzist.com/v2/mp3.php

'Day' from Stix is great: jazzin' drum 'n bass ... 'Toccata' from the new one starts off sounding like Philip Glass building up to ... dance of the space whales ... I'm bracing myself for a Meredith Monk intervention ... no, it's a forest of tubas ... Well, it's a brassy filigree with rude bits and sentient percussion.

Thanks.

You have given me aural pleasure.

Here's another to try:

The Last Electro-Acoustic Space Jazz & Percussion Ensemble (Madlib) – Miles Away [2010]

http://rapidshare.com/files/344070108/miles.rar

Patchy, but it's best bits are definitely comparable to Jaga Jazzist.