When innovation and conviction blur the lines between Jazz Fusion, the Electronic genre and modern, free, harmonic exploration, you get something like Hip Hop, Down Tempo, groovy Weird Jazz that is rather like your first experience with bubble gum: "Ooh! Chewy, elastic, sweet, juicy... and I'll never be without it again!" This is one rockin' out jazz experience for the unconventional, albeit sensory-deprived streak in you.
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This CD is fantastic!  I purchased this CD while at a show the Color and Telea did at the Knitting Factory.  I love it, and played the CD at a party for a group of Art Dealer friends of mine.  They all loved it as well, so much so that I have been asked where to pick up copies, so I bought 4 more now to give away.
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In a live setting the band excels both in showmanship and performance. With each song, the trio touches on a new sensation, cooking in all tastes. Their record of cerebral prose, Gallery of the Muse, is their cookbook. Blurring the dividing lines of jazz-infused groove, free transcendental sonics and the synergies of the electronic world, Color and Talea is intelligent and elegant in their creation of sound. Anthony Buonpane's aggressive, effect-driven style often reaches explosive levels, but is just as emotionally charged in serenity. Complimentary perfection is found in the ease-fueled, literal writing of bassist Benjamin Das, who, when things really begin to open up, is the backbone of each movement. The work of drummer Adam Sturtevant is a house of thunder and precision, laying a dynamically sound foundation underneath the laid plans of Das' nimble bass lines and providing an open path for Buonpane to tear into if he pleases. When given the room, Sturtevant wraps himself into a beat-making frenzy with the possibilities of him invoking an avalanche if he found himself close enough to a peak.
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i recently came across these guys in a live setting in NYC and was blown away by their talented musicianship.  i had to have the cd right then and there.  and when i saw that for a first album this band decided to throw down 16 tracks, i was even more impressed.  fans of quality music such as soulive, coltrane, parker, disco biscuits, eric truffaz, st. germain, or the drum 'n' bass, emo-ambient, dark groove, and jazz genres will not disappointed by this album.  if you like talented, soul-inspired music or anything new and revolutionary cop this album right away.  an up-and-coming band that's sure to please.  get up on this befo' yo' neighbor does!
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