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Last Man In Europe

by The Remote Viewers Trio

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1.
The Noise Of History 03:16
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2.
A Plague Of Initials 04:43
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3.
The Night Before The Journey 02:45
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4.
The Night Before The Journey 00:59
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5.
Last Man in Europe 07:35
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6.
Windblown 05:43
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7.
The Machines Must Stay 06:06
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8.
No Day Off 05:04
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9.
Fragments and Testimony 02:35
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10.
The Gods Take a Holiday 04:19
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11.
The Tranquil Life 02:55
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about

Squids Ear
I wanted to make a special mention about the new The Remote Viewers album, Last Man In Europe, which has been in rotation in my library. This configuration of the band is a unique, dropping the number of saxophonists to just two, with the amazing UK bassist John Edwards the sole accompanist. Tenor saxophonist David Petts handles all the formal compositions, with humorous titles that may or may not abstractly explain the music; the band collectively takes credit for 4 of the recordings. Adrian Northover is the second saxophonist, here on soprano; he's a founding member of the band, from their early Leo Records releases, and he also provides the album cover and inside photo.
I personally find Petts' compositions the most interesting aspect of the band, and it's what first brought me to listen to the band. His writing combines chamber aspects, but also a certain dramatic sensibility that I associate with rock, albeit in the RIO forms, and shades and approaches from creative free jazz. Harmonic dualities are characteristic, the two horns working in unison using unusual combinations of tones, progressing the music and then breaking off in staccato hesitation. Weaving tones between the saxes are often at play, creating a sense of motion much greater than expected. Edwards is the wild card here, plucking and bowing, he provides both support and counterpoint to the sax lines; his presence on recent albums has given The Remote Viewers a solid basis for their compositions, and brought prodigious technique and skill to the band. He also provides the excellent mixing and mastering for the release, which was beautifully recorded with great clarity. Looking back at their first 1999 album, Low Shapes In Dark Heat, a trio album of sax and synth, one can contrast with both the progress the playing and writing has evolved, but also the consistency with which Petts has maintained his signature over the music. Really fine work.
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credits

released September 23, 2020

David Petts – tenor sax
John Edwards – acoustic bass
Adrian Northover – soprano sax

Compostions by David Petts ,
except 3,4,8,11 by Petts/Edwards//Northover.
Recorded at Red Shed Studios
by Ian Hill, 03-04/07/17.
Mixed and Mastered by John Edwards.
Cover design/photos by Adrian Northover.
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'From its beginnings as a three-sax unit in 1997,
The Remote Viewers has extended its reach and overall game plan.
Northover and Petts prompt a seemingly limitless modus of
expanding the original sound into larger frameworks.
Cunning and strikingly distinct, The Remote Viewers
is an entity that should not be overlooked.'

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