Memory Is an Elephant

Tienda Memory Is an Elephant lilts, skitters, and wails like the soundtrack to a flickering-yellow-subtitled Italian film as it unfolds the tale of a marching chamber orchestra of East European Gypsies improving klezmer-inflected bluegrass at the wake of Astor Piazzolla. Such gloriously peculiar diversity makes Tin Hat Trio's debut of titillating tiptoe tango remarkably suitable for a gallery opening peopled with handsomely dressed avant-garde art scenesters clinking glasses or for accompaniment to a long, lonesome Sunday afternoon drive heading for parts unknown. The classically trained group creates a deftly engaging soundscape of movement, textures, and shading, and its combined bio of connections (including Bill Frisell, John Zorn, Philip Glass, Tom Waits, and Eugene Chadbourne) reads like a who's who of contemporary musical giants. Guitarist and primary songsmith Mark Orton lays down the bones of this intricately composed collection while Karla Kihlstedt's violin and Rob Burger's accordion nestle into gorgeously complex melodic tension countered with the extraordinary daring thrill of aural kite-tricks flying high and wide across the open sky. --Paige La Grone Críticas Before assembling in San Francisco, the members of Tin Hat Trio wandered through such disparate landscapes as New York's Knitting Factory, Baltimore's Peabody, and Portland's rock scene. So it's no wonder the band's recording debut evokes both movement and place. While the trio stays Stateside, the pastiche reaches around the globe to embrace an array of old-, third-, and new-world folk traditions. Jazz-influenced frameworks tie them together agreeably. "Fire of Ada," which foregrounds Rob Burger's accordion against Mark Orton's syncopated guitar and Carla Kihlstedt's intermittent violin, could be the soundtrack for an indie Mafia flick, by turns weepy and awry. Past the muted meltdown of "Foreign Legion," off-kilter, semi-narrative phrasings emerge under the upbeat "Big Top." The album is imminently frightening all along, and "Orbly Resting" plays to that strength, tip-toeing into the discordant ambush that is "UC Irvine/UC Davis." Pump organ, toy piano, banjo, mandolin, and viola weigh in until the comedic chase scene of "Lambrackroar" lurches in for the finale. No cut-and-paste job, this interplay comes off organically, as pop structures periodically surface with sparkling nuggets of melody. Tin Hat Trio performs melting-pot alchemy to yield postmodern American gold.--- JAZZIZ Magazine Copyright © 2000, Milor Entertainment, Inc. -- From Jazziz

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