Giles - Blue Funk


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FormatCD
CatalogueMTSCD5
Barcode5036643000539
Items in Set 1
Play Time43:28
Year2005
LabelMay Tree Studios
Websitehttp://www.gilesmusic.com
Emailcomputer@btconnect.com
CountryEngland
IMS NoR4S3B32/I0
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’Blue Funk’, the third CD from Northwest based band Giles, is full of melodic surprises like the asymmetrical ’Blueso Nova’ beat for the opener ’The Chase’. ’CC Rider’ undergoes a complete restructuring with a lean acoustic riff, wide pad bass and reverse tape effects switching left and right.

Eight of the eleven songs are written by Mark Koehorst, with the bonus that the words are included on the inner sleeve which is particularly useful for ’Keep On Dancin’ with its thought provoking boogie political message.
Dark emotions pervade ’Lost A Friend’ before a Clintonesque (that’s George by the way not President Bill) funky groove hints at the albums title in ’So Much Pain’, complete with two stunning paracetamol free guitar solos.

J J Cale’s ’Clyde’ precedes a sparse rocked up version of Stephen Stills’ ’Black Queen’. This piece floats ten miles high and when you’ve heard it once, play it again, just to hear that one, single, solitary appegiated piano chord at the end, an inspired touch worthy of a Thelonius Monk solo.

’Walking Shoes’ is a more conventional rocker while ’Watchdog’ builds from Hendrixy beginnings before settling into an elliptical offbeat riff; the narrative promises that it "…will be alright" but watch out for those steely cascading jazz chords. ’Blue’ proves to be an out and out stadium rocker before the band relax into the introspective final track ’Born In The Land Of The Windmill’, an autobiographical reference to Mark’s Dutch origins.

’Blue Funk’ is a rich landscape of an album full of intelligent bluesy rock atmospherics. Close your eyes and visualise primeval bass lines haunting the horizon, geodynamic drums stalking the hinterland and scary guitar lines that come looking for ya. I would say something of a tour-de-force for Giles and Mark Koehorst in particular, who once again has proved to be not only a charismatic frontman at gigs, but also a master craftsman in the studio.

Musicians: Mark Koehorst, vocals and guitar; Piet Koehorst, bass and backing vocals; Terry Shaughnessy, drums; additional bass Mark ’Crash’ Wainwright and backing vocals, Seb and Jane Koehorst and crew.

Nigel Rose


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Track 1The Chase
Track 2CC Rider
Track 3Keep on Dancin’
Track 4Lost a Friend
Track 5So Much Pain
Track 6Clyde
Track 7Black Queen
Track 8Walking Shoes
Track 9Watchdog
Track 10Blue
Track 11Born in the Land of the Windmill




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5 of 5 zyloJOziYECNaUwHg, June 11 2008
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5 of 5 GILES - BLUE FUNK, June 7 2005
Reviewer: Espacio3.com
Normalmente solemos pasar de los discos de blues pensando que son un g‚nero tan trillado al que queda poco que aportar y recurrimos a los cl sicos. Giles es una clara demostraci¢n de lo contrario; una banda joven -capitaneada por el holand‚s Mark Koenhors

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