Drumming
legend Gary Husband did such a great job on the 2008 album by Jack
Bruce and Robin Trower, Seven Moons, that its a bit strange
to discover a 2008 double CD set from Husband that features him stretching
out on some incredibly avant gard musical terrain. Recorded on a Korg
M1 synthesizer / workstation between 1989 and 1993 and initially released
in 1999with further recording, audio optimization, track/samples
editing and entire remastering done in 2008the 40 tracks that
make up Husbands The Complete Diary Of A Plastic Box
sounds like what would happen if avant gard pioneer Edgard Varese
decided to make an album of poly-rhythmic improvisational jazz fusion
vignettes. A first rate jazz-rock drummer, Husband is on the same
wavelength as the great Bill Bruford andconsidering that this
music sounds highly personalized and very electronic in naturesome
of the pieces are similar in scope as Brufords 77 breakthrough
debut Feels Good To Me. Commenting in the liner notes on the
original recording, Husband adds, Despite the fact that I was
on the road, usually in my capacity as a drummer, working for other
various artists, Id constantly seek out opportunities to fade
into the background and work on my own private musical endeavors,
which, throughout these lengthy stretches, was an enormously fruitful
and rewarding form of therapy for me. Throughout
the 40 tracks on this 2008 double CD set on Angel Air, Husbands
unique electronic instrumental e-jazz makes for a wildly adventurous,
yet completely captivating soundtrack experience. www.angelair.co.uk