REVIEW: THE SHOUT - ON ARRIVAL

 

THE SHOUT - ON ARRIVAL (Carbon 7 Recs. - 2001): I am not afraid to say that I have never heard group of people with so different vocal ranges before. And the interesting thing here is that they are not using the vocal harmonies in the way a classical chorus or a gospel or jazz vocal group would do. Here there are more influences, this is an eclectic group of people ranging from Gospel, Jazz, Blues, Indian, Classical, Opera, etc.etc. They can recreate great harmonies, vocal counterpoints and melody lines composed by Orlando Gough and Richard Chew who have also written together three outdoor choral pieces: The Shouting Fence, Corona and Journey To the North. This is specially amazing in songs like "Tall stories" a tale about 20th century immigrants thata arrived to North America and the five parts of "Axaxaxas MLO" which is a compendium of the skills of the composers and singers. The whole album is a must for people who likes great vocals, harmonies and counterpoints. In fact there are not instruments used here…the vocals are enough to build everything in a perfect way. Email: carbon7records@compuserve.com