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Projekct Two - Space Groove

Artist:	Projekct Two
Title:	Space Groove
Label:	Discipline Global Mobile DGM 9801
Length(s):	39+51 minutes
Year(s) of release:	1998
Month of review:	03/1998

Line up

Robert Fripp - guitars
Trey Gunn - touch guitar, guitar synth
Adrian Belew - drums

Tracks

Disc 1: Space Groove

1)	Space Groove II	19.03
2)	Space Groove III	2.40
3)	Space Groove I	17.13

Disc 2: The Planet Zarg Quartet

1) Happy Hour On Planet Zarg 4.56
2) Is There Life On Zarg? 2.25
3) Low Life In Sector Q-3 1.32
4) Sector Shift 0.46
5) Laura In Space 3.17
6) Sector Drift 0.54
7) Sector Patrol 3.41
Lost in Space
8) In Space There's No North, In Space There's No South,
In Space There's No East, In Space There's No West 2.52
9) Vector Patrol 3.41
10) Deserts Of Arcadia (north) 8.57
11) Deserts Of Arcadia (south) 4.11
12) Snake Drummers Of Sector Q-3 0.26
13) Escape From Sagittarius A 10.53
14) Return To Station B 3.03

Summary

Another album from the Discipline stable featuring a sub line-up of the immaculate King Crimson.

The music

In my opinion, however, this sub line-up is not as untouchable as KC. The music on the just sub twenty minute opener Space Groove II is free form and long drawn. As one might expect it's lots of drums, guitars and some more synth like sounds from Gunns guitar synth. The varied drums are especially quite loud, making the music sound more modern and although I certainly wouldn't go as far as to call it house, there are at least some links with it. It has to be said that the rhythms are usually quite complex and there is plenty of variation. On the other hand, the music also has a rather strong jazzrock component with added something that makes the music sound spacious: long drawn synth sounds. The name Space Groove, the song that takes up this first entire CD, is particularly well-chosen. Space Groove I is rather short and features sounds vaguely world-like (comparable with Jon Hassell) with elephant-like guitar, while the closing part of the disc contains a lot of Soundscaping but against a percussive background (and some soloing as well). On this track the music is certainly more ethereal and owes less to jazzrock.

The second disc Vector Patrol seems to consist of two tracks: The Planet Zarg Quartet and Lost In Space. The first of these starts with rather friendly guitar and (partly) reversed percussion. During the rest of this multi-faceted excursion into sound we encounter many sonic spaces such as the cosmic Laura In Space and the comparatively melodic Sector Patrol. In Lost In Space the band pleasantly froebels on with playful percussion, sitar like strings, heavy, screaming guitars, chaotic sounds, low-key jazz rock, dark cosmix, claustrophobic rock and whatever else comes into their minds.

The booklet contains a tongue-in-cheek sf story on the band.

Conclusion

Not too fond of this album. Jazz-rock, space-rock, loud percussion, improvised and with lots of fiddling going on. There are some soundscapes here and also quite a lot of soloing, but all of it is with lots of percussion. This might be a nice trip for some people, but I think I'll stay home this time.

1)	Happy Hour On Planet Zarg	4.56
2)	Is There Life On Zarg?	2.25
3)	Low Life In Sector Q-3	1.32
4)	Sector Shift	0.46
5)	Laura In Space	3.17
6)	Sector Drift	0.54
7)	Sector Patrol	3.41
Lost in Space
8)	In Space There's No North, In Space There's No South,
	In Space There's No East, In Space There's No West	2.52
9)	Vector Patrol	3.41
10)	Deserts Of Arcadia (north)	8.57
11)	Deserts Of Arcadia (south)	4.11
12)	Snake Drummers Of Sector Q-3	0.26
13)	Escape From Sagittarius A	10.53
14)	Return To Station B	3.03