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Binker and Moses: Escape The Flames
ByEscape The Flames, the duo's fourth album, is a sequel its sophomore set, Journey To The Mountain Of Forever (Gearbox, 2017). It is a live performance of the first disc which made up that double album and was recorded at Journey's launch party at north London scene hangout Total Refreshment Centre.
By its nature, every Binker and Moses gig is unique, an in-the-moment interaction and, as Golding puts it, "a tireless interrogation of the infinite." Thus Escape The Flames is whoppingly and wonderfully different from the studio album. The tunes are intact and in the same order, but except for closer "Leaving The Now Behind" the extemporised passages are longer than the studio versions, in most cases around twice as long. The extended playing times render the performances yet more transporting.
Some live albums are spoilt by audience noise. Not so Escape The Flames. Whoops and hollers contribute to the communitarian vibe and the six-track production values are well up to Gearbox's audiophile standards. Shamanistic, seductive, earthy and interstellar, this is one of the best discs to be released in Britain during 2020but, perversely, it is only available digitally (cheap but literally and metaphorically insubstantial) or on vinyl (pricey).
Track Listing
Disc One: The Departure; Intoxication From The Jahvmonishi Leaves; Fete By The River. Disc Two: Trees On Fire; The Shaman’s Chant; Leaving The Now Behind.
Personnel
Binker Golding
saxophone, tenorMoses Boyd
drumsAlbum information
Title: Escape The Flames | Year Released: 2020 | Record Label: Gearbox Records
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About Binker Golding
Instrument: Saxophone, tenor
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