I am writting this short review hoping that either Jim, Francis, Rick or Bryan (otherwise known as THE ZONERANGERS)will take notice of it. Salutes from your fan in Puerto Rico. By chance or by mere intervention of fate I acquire this marvellous CD. The story is rather long to tell at this very moment but let's just say garageband.com told me to pick any CD from CDBaby.com for free. I typed the words SOFT MACHINE on the search space and voilá, The Zonerangers appeared. What a great surprice for me was listening over and over to this immaculate and well crafted production. The CD starts with a groovie funky tune ala Stevie Wonder or Herbie Hancock circa 1972-74 entitled "Seconds From Nowhere" where they stablish right from the very beginning the tight relationship with groove that their rhythm section (composed by Francis Dyer on drums and Rick Lassiter on double bass) posesses. This leads to some of the finest experimental jazz/rock I've ever heard (and believe me I've heard a lot)on tracks like "Galactic Express". The intellectual mayhem deepens on with the tracks "Through the Ether" and "The Zone at Twilight" which feature great cornet work from Bryan McCune, with a clear Miles presence on it. "Mufunculus" is another groovie track with that clavicord keyboard sound that characterizes Jim Crew as its main foundation. Again The rhythm section is impecable and Bryan's cornet shines on through. Wow! Amazing music. I could go on and on with each song but it's going to be useless no matter how specifically I try to describe them (anyhow my english is not that good to do so). You have to buy it and listen for yourself. Some of the influences I conspicuosly hear are Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock (of course) but I also hear a lot of the UK Cantenburry Prog Rock secene; guys like Soft Machine, National Health, Keith Tippet's Centepede, Caravan etc. are always present on Jim Crew's keyboard style as well as some Brian Eno or Harold Budd moments. I will say without any remorse, and as a experimental composer myself, that ZONERANGER's "Twilight" is one of the best independent CD releases I've ever heard not only because they are excellent musicians but because they are excellent recording engineers and producers as well. If you are in the mood for some spacey fusion jazz with a lot of overdriven organ, ethereal synths and hipnotic trumpet with a tight rythm section all packed on a high profile CD production don'tn think it twice; this is the album you need to buy. And after all, you'll be helping the indie artists (and true artist)to survive in a world ruled by mediocre mainstream music.

A layer cake fonkjazzamatrix fo yo bad self. Phat happy spooks bubble up the groove punch,spike it with brass and lay it down free for all to flavor.