Rusconi goes EST

Those who like the under electronic help heavily distorted tones from Dan Berglund's bass work in the late EST, which is with this CD (especially "Massage the History again" - or "Alice in the Sky") happy. Who Rusconi's momentum and energy of "One Up Down Left Right", the precise, condensed to essential pieces rather liked not feeling well.
I find the CD in a way, really refreshing. The musicians sing, whistle, clap - and understand it so, to enhance the mood of the pieces - in this form I did not know that and think it's good! I think Rusconi also good that they try even with their latest album again something (for them) new - unlike so many popular jazz musicians in the business (especially Manu Katché). Milk, kaonashi, False Awakening, Tempelhof with their two to four minutes in length are good examples of tracks as I would have liked exclusively on this album - a few ideas, fresh, new, longer than necessary. And just a track like Tempelhof makes fun! The recording quality of this CD is also really good and just the bass is excellent detained so that the CD with good headphones actually offers excellent acoustic experience.

But for me the spark will somehow not skip (as he is not already in the late EST albums). Unfortunately, the CD is interspersed with tracks that are relative to their musical content advised far too long (10 minutes "Alice in the sky", 7 Minutes Massage The History again ", 9 Minutes" Hits of Sunshine ") - will put it bluntly in these pieces an eternity just herumgelärmt as if the equipment broke down "False Awakening" is 2 minutes and then it's good -. in this dosage are the "experiments" (with electronic effects) significantly more compatible "Hits of. Sunshine "has an ingenious transition at the end - but on the way it bores for 9 minutes ... The piece could have been a blast, Rusconi have condensed it to the essentials.
My balance is thus: 26 minutes of 47 minutes is too much protracted "experiments" - only the Rusconi are not the first ones to perform this. Strong similarities to the Tied & Tickled Trio, couch, Eivind eagle and Dan Berglund's Tonbruket recognizable. This leads me to my final note: Must due to the track as obvious EST imitation be allowed question the (not entirely serious) if this album has really earned the title "Revolution" or is it rather "Plagiarism" is the better choice been What's that?