E.E.R.
Mindwalk, *wôn! (41:25); CD 95101, 1995
Platinum (23:10); CD-R five-song demo, 1999?
CJ Records
9753 SW 52nd Lane
Gainesville, FL 32608-4149
Phone: 352-335-6720
Every member of this Florida-based outfit is a fine, accomplished
musician. It's a shame that together they've chosen to create such
middle-of-the-road music. Richy Stano dominates both these discs,
writing or co-writing all the material and playing LA-style
pop/metal/fusion guitar, both electric and acoustic. He's at his most
impressive on the full-throttle "Bombermania." But most of the time
he's drowning in synthesizer soup. Bassist Ali Che'ree is solid on
"Kings for Carly" and solos with particular aplomb on "That Puppy Can
Hunt."
Mindwalk is clearly gunning for "smooth jazz" radio play. To
that end, they favor light funk and R&B grooves. Even when injecting
the tunes with a dose of guitar grit, they never quite escape the
fluff dimension. Samba rhythms on "Beyond Mere Pain" and "I Got Cho'
Eleanor Rigby" shake things up temporarily, but overall the music
comes across as calculated and soulless. And by the standards of most
slick, polished "smooth jazz," the recording quality isn't even that
good.
~David R. Adler, 2/9/00
*wôn!
Tracks:
1. Fantasies
2. Beatles Gone Mad
3. That's What I Want
4. No Harm, No Foul
5. Bombermania
6. Jack's Guitar
7. Beyond Mere Pain
8. Metallic Love
Personnel:
Richy Stano, guitars;
Jerry Edwards, trombone, EVI solos;
Ali Che'ree, bass;
Richard Hilton, keyboards;
Joshua Greenbaum, drums;
David Smadbeck, piano solo on track 3.
PlatinumCD-R EP demo
Tracks:
1. Platinum
2. Kings for Carly
3. That Puppy Can Hunt
4. I Got Cho' Eleanor Rigby
5. Joe.
Personnel:
info unavailable, assumed essentially same as above
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