Snakeoil - Tim Berne
  • Band Name: Tim Berne
  • Record Label: ECM
  • Release Date: Feb 7, 2012
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  • Summary: Manfred Eicher produced the first album on ECM for saxophonist Tim Berne and his trio of musicians: Oscar Noriega, Matt Mitchell, and Ches Smith.

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  1. PopMatters
    Apr 23, 2012
    80
    This is music where the appeal lies in the heaping of layers and how it is all "happening."
  2. All Music Guide
    Apr 23, 2012
    80
    The lack of physical force (though there is plenty of fire) is more than compensated for, in the thought-provoking concept and complexity with a resonant yet unconventional lyricism.
  3. The Guardian
    Apr 23, 2012
    80
    His all-acoustic Snakeoil quartet strikes the composition/improv balance with expressive elegance
  4. BBC Music
    Apr 23, 2012
    80
    Produced by ECM proprietor Manfred Eicher, Snakeoil sounds as good as any album from Berne, without conforming to stereotypes of "the ECM sound".

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