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When
Dos Santos
drummer/percussionist/composer
Daniel Villarreal-Carillo
issued the adventurous, polygenre
Panama 77
in 2022, he utilized an alternating cast of players. Two of the musicians, bassist
Anna Butterss
and guitarist
Jeff Parker
, joined him in co-writing five of the album's tunes.
Parker
and
Butterss
are
Villarreal-Carillo
's sole accompaniment for
Lados B
. They recorded it during the pandemic over two days in October 2020 in the backyard of L.A.'s Chicali Outpost. This set differs from
. In place of carefully constructed, painstakingly layered jams melding Latin styles with jazz, funk, rock, and psychedelia, we instead get a deeply intuitive, loose, open, and largely introspective three-way musical conversation, mildly related in feel to
's wonderful
Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy
(its lineup also included
).
introduces opener "Traveling With" using various cymbals, cowbells, and chimes before his bandmates enter with a mysterious call-and-response Latin vamp. Bassist and bandleader accent (via overdubbing) and extrapolate the groove into a jazz-rock approach without sacrificing pulse. As the trio interact, their statements and responses serve to extend and buoy the groove into infinity. "Republic," at just under three minutes, is one of the most unfettered tunes here.
's West African-influenced guitar playing rides and glides atop
' joyous bassline, hand drums, small percussion instruments, and a drum kit that double- and triple-times the band. "Chicali Outpost" is introduced by
' upright alongside shakers and hand percussion.
plays a circular vamp via the guitar's ringing harmonics until
joins with a drum kit and
begins to solo rhythmically and mercurially, winding around the riff, cutting through it, adding modal blues, post-bop, and edgy psychedelia. An upright bass solo, vamp, and spectral percussion introduce "Bring It."
's sonic guitar washes create an ambient backdrop as the drummer improvises alongside
. The delightfully funky "Salute" is laden with organic drum breaks, a round, warm, elastic guitar vamp, and a contrapuntal bassline.
Neal Francis
joins the trio on a Rhodes piano, adding fingerpopping rhythm, harmony, atmosphere, and ballast to the vibe. "Daytime Nighttime" is edgier.
's treated guitar erects one vamp that's joined by
.
frames it by adding a shadow beat for
's solo, which weds blues and jazz to tango. The longest cut, "Things Can Be Calm," is a subtle, mysterious, drifting meditation in texture, syncopation, and repetition before closer "Rig Motif," which is full of fusion chaos and rock dynamics that careen into a 21st century futurist take on post-punk Panamanian salsa. Each instrumentalist solos, but always inside tightly structured rhythms.
offers an entirely different M.O. from the more stridently produced
. That's not a knock. If anything, the more open approach to creating tunes on the spot is exceptionally appealing. That said, don't let sonic appearances deceive you: the music here is exquisitely complex, often subtle, and kinetic. It's probable that listeners will find
a stronger outing than its predecessor, simply because its adventure and intimate conversations inspire exceptionally inventive sounds. ~ Thom Jurek
Dos Santos
drummer/percussionist/composer
Daniel Villarreal-Carillo
issued the adventurous, polygenre
Panama 77
in 2022, he utilized an alternating cast of players. Two of the musicians, bassist
Anna Butterss
and guitarist
Jeff Parker
, joined him in co-writing five of the album's tunes.
Parker
and
Butterss
are
Villarreal-Carillo
's sole accompaniment for
Lados B
. They recorded it during the pandemic over two days in October 2020 in the backyard of L.A.'s Chicali Outpost. This set differs from
. In place of carefully constructed, painstakingly layered jams melding Latin styles with jazz, funk, rock, and psychedelia, we instead get a deeply intuitive, loose, open, and largely introspective three-way musical conversation, mildly related in feel to
's wonderful
Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy
(its lineup also included
).
introduces opener "Traveling With" using various cymbals, cowbells, and chimes before his bandmates enter with a mysterious call-and-response Latin vamp. Bassist and bandleader accent (via overdubbing) and extrapolate the groove into a jazz-rock approach without sacrificing pulse. As the trio interact, their statements and responses serve to extend and buoy the groove into infinity. "Republic," at just under three minutes, is one of the most unfettered tunes here.
's West African-influenced guitar playing rides and glides atop
' joyous bassline, hand drums, small percussion instruments, and a drum kit that double- and triple-times the band. "Chicali Outpost" is introduced by
' upright alongside shakers and hand percussion.
plays a circular vamp via the guitar's ringing harmonics until
joins with a drum kit and
begins to solo rhythmically and mercurially, winding around the riff, cutting through it, adding modal blues, post-bop, and edgy psychedelia. An upright bass solo, vamp, and spectral percussion introduce "Bring It."
's sonic guitar washes create an ambient backdrop as the drummer improvises alongside
. The delightfully funky "Salute" is laden with organic drum breaks, a round, warm, elastic guitar vamp, and a contrapuntal bassline.
Neal Francis
joins the trio on a Rhodes piano, adding fingerpopping rhythm, harmony, atmosphere, and ballast to the vibe. "Daytime Nighttime" is edgier.
's treated guitar erects one vamp that's joined by
.
frames it by adding a shadow beat for
's solo, which weds blues and jazz to tango. The longest cut, "Things Can Be Calm," is a subtle, mysterious, drifting meditation in texture, syncopation, and repetition before closer "Rig Motif," which is full of fusion chaos and rock dynamics that careen into a 21st century futurist take on post-punk Panamanian salsa. Each instrumentalist solos, but always inside tightly structured rhythms.
offers an entirely different M.O. from the more stridently produced
. That's not a knock. If anything, the more open approach to creating tunes on the spot is exceptionally appealing. That said, don't let sonic appearances deceive you: the music here is exquisitely complex, often subtle, and kinetic. It's probable that listeners will find
a stronger outing than its predecessor, simply because its adventure and intimate conversations inspire exceptionally inventive sounds. ~ Thom Jurek
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