Track Listing

1. Uninvisible
2. I Wanna Ride You
3. Your Name Is Snake Anthony
4. Pappy Check
5. Take Me Nowhere
6. Retirement Song
7. Ten Dollar High
8. Where Have You Been?
9. Reprise
10. Nocturnal Transmission
11. Smoke
12. First Time Long Time
13. The Edge Of Night
14. Off The Table

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #50291 in Music
• Released on: 2002-04-08
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review
It's possible to admire Medeski, Martin and Wood's craft and guile in pushing against stylistic restraints while recognising that their music isn't quite as much fun as it once was--or that this hugely popular trio may think it is. Full of shaggy cross-textures, plummy grooves and spooky electronic underpinnings, Uninvisible is a lively sonic stew. Once a universe unto themselves, keyboardist John Medeski, drummer Billy Martin and bassist Chris Wood continue to smartly expand their jam-band base, here featuring a brash five-piece horn section from the Brooklyn-based Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, turntablists DJ Olive and DJ P Love and, for a spoken-word number, craggy-voiced Southern rock eccentric Col Bruce Hampton. When Medeski is riding that Hammond organ and the group is taking its patented soulful detours, as on "Pappy Check" and the Booker T-ish "Smoke", all is right with the world. But even with Medeski dabbling on a roomful of other instruments, including the Mellotron, mini-Moog and Arp, the songs don't have a lot of variety. And crowded with effects, the music can bog down in its own abstract logic--though there's no resisting the ping-pong game being played on "Off the Table". The chief rewards of Uninvisible are in the details. Until further notice, a headphone advisory is in effect. --Lloyd Sachs

CD Description
On their eighth studio release, the experimentally inclinedjazz-rockers Medeski, Martin, and Wood open up their organ-trio sound in new and unexpected ways. Trading in their earlier, groove-oriented sound for a more eclectic interest in moods and melodies, the group finally dives headlong into thehip-hop and electronica vibe it's been sniffing around at least since 1998's COMBUSTICATION. On tracks like the hypnotic "Retirement Song" or "Pappy Check", the polyrhythmic scratching of guest turntablist DJ Olive isn't employed for soniccolour, but as a fully-fledged instrument in the mix.
Keyboardist John Medeski largely steps aside for once, leavingbassist Chris Wood to drive the songs, especially on the funky "The Edge of Night" and the pure hip-hop groove of "First Time, Long Time". Other tracks explore a more noodly, almost ambient feel, especially the closing "Off the Table", which starts with a wild Mellotron solo that sounds like someone spiked Rick Wakeman's curry with acid and ends to a strangely calming loop that sounds like two people playing ping-pong. Guest vocals by Brad Roberts of the Crash Test Dummies and noted southern eccentric Col. Bruce Hampton, as well as two tracks featuring a full horn section, add to the album's appealing sonic variety.

Customer Reviews

groovy as usual, but with a "fuller" sound.
Well, theyre back, and with one of their best albums ever I think. The album is not as "space" as some of their previous recordings, with more hummable melodylines, nevertheless still with the creative and special sound. Theres quite alot of guest-artists on the album, which makes the songs more interesting I think. MMW plays a kind of "drum n bass with acoustic intruments", very interesting indeed. I think the mixing on the album is very good too. Thick and full sound on the bass and the bass drum. If you like modern Jazz and groovy beats, check this one out imediately!!!!