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PONTIUS PILOTS Pithy clusters of piano notes pool and quickly evaporate. A spare clatter of brushed cymbals and cracked snares hang like bone jewelry from the baby grand's lid. It all makes for a warm and woozy affair until a single insistent note pushes forth with doppler-like precision. The drums tighten form while clipped guitar tones surface and put flesh to bone. It is an exhilirating and fleeting moment of fusion and confusion. It is also the kind of moment that PONTIUS PILOTS conjure with ease. The Seattle based duo of pianist Victor Noriega and producer Robert Nelson (aka eR.DoN) explore improv jazz forms imbued with inscrutable MPC triggered samples. Lushly recorded and deflty performed, the resultant mix is a beautiful marriage of reason and caprice. -Daniel Mitha |