Count Basic - Trust Your Instincts '2020

Tracks list

Even though Count Basic -- led by Austrian guitarist Peter Legat -- has
incorporated the vibes of the London acid-jazz scene, the ensembles latest
recording Trust Your Instincts is so slick and pop-minded that it makes Ronny
Jordans new effort seem like a straight-ahead jazz purist by comparison. Not
that this is necessarily a bad thing; straightforward, seductive ballads like
Whos Gonna Wipe My Teardrops Away (featuring a dreamy texturing of Kelli Saes
come-hither vocals with spacey synth sounds) would be right at home on todays
hip-hop charts. The same is true of the breathy Rise & Fall, where Sae expresses
regret as a hip-hop groove swells and wanes from verse to chorus behind her.
Producer Vlado Dzihan is brilliant in keeping the sonics behind her vocals
interesting, on songs that might otherwise be predictable. Richest Woman opens
with a distant, trip-hop bounce, then swirls Legats high-toned electric with a
moody Rhodes (played by Dzihan himself) offering a tense pitter-patter
percussion pattern. Though the well-endowed Sae appears in front of Legat on the
CD insert photo, the guitarist is given a few instrumental tracks on which to
showcase his stuff. On One One 4, he rocks gently and improvises thoughtfully
(though never crossing any lines of innovation) over an edgy tenor sax line by
Martin Fuss as a shuffling percussion groove drills restlessly in the
background. Legat has even more fun on a version of Stevie Wonders Livin for the
City, which features heavy scratches and a chunky, aggressive Hammond B-3
harmony line.

Tracklist:
01. Count Basic - In Love with Life
02. Count Basic - Richest Woman
03. Count Basic - Someday
04. Count Basic - Heavy Dose
05. Count Basic - Im Loving You
06. Count Basic - Licence to Kill
07. Count Basic - I Dont Want to Wait
08. Count Basic - One More Chance
09. Count Basic - Living for the City
10. Count Basic - 4 Oceans
11. Count Basic - Whos Gonna Wipe
12. Count Basic - Rise & Fall
13. Count Basic - Trust Your Instincts

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