A TRIGGERING MYTH : The Remedy of Abstraction

Cover	Release	Style
	2006	progressive rock
	Label
	The Laser’s Edge
	Website
	www.atriggeringmyth.com
	Contact
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	Playing Time	Cat. N°
	52:19	LE-1044
	Review by	Rating
	Christoph	9/10
nederlands	Review
Those Americans seem to have the monopoly on progressive music that flirts insanely with jazz rock. Happy The Man put the standard in the seventies; today also French TV, A Triggering Myth and (though more rock than jazz) Echolyn are swimming in the same waters. Being a typically transatlantic genre, jazz is difficult to keep away from in the US prog scene. On their sixth instrumental album ‘The Remedy of Abstraction’, A Triggering Myth seems to have discovered the ideal synthesis between jazz and sympho. The fretless bass and the piano betray the jazz roots of founders Tim Drumheller and Rick Eddy. The guitar (by Scott McGill, formerly with Finneus Gauge and playing on the previous ATM record), the synth runs and the remarkable contributions of Akihisa Tsuboy (violinist with Japanese band KBB) send the thorough and original compositions into progressive territory. The tasteful drumming by Vic Stevens (such a beautiful cymbal stroke!) enhances the album even more. All instrumentalists perform on a very high level by the way, triumphing in the creation of rich sound colours. There is no hollow virtuosity or endless noodling here, but adventurous songs that definitely lead to somewhere and at the same time play with the listener’s expectations. “Not Even Wrong” and “When Emily Dickinson Learned To Lunge” are the highlights on an album every prog amateur who likes jazz rock even in the slightest sense, should own. No doubt, A Triggering Myth is continuing the artistic spring the US prog scene is currently enjoying.
Musicians
Tim Drumheller / keyboards Rick Eddy / keyboards, acoustic guitar, poetry Scott McGill / electric, nylon string Guitars Vic Stevens / drums, percussion Michael Manring / bass Akihisa Tsuboy / violin
Tracklist
1. Now That My House Has Burned Down, I Have a Beautiful View of the Moon (5:11) 2. The Remedy of Abstraction (7:53) 3. Her Softening Sorrow (8:12) 4. Not Even Wrong (7:59) 5. Rudyard’s Raging Natural (2:32) 6. Shakespeare’s Strippers (4:55) 7. The Eisenhour Slumber (4:33) 8. When Emily Dickinson Learned To Lunge (8:09) 9. The Last Resort (2:34)
Discography
The Remedy Of Abstraction (2006) Forgiving Eden (2002) The Sins Of Our Saviours (1998) Between Cages (1995) Twice Bitten (1993) A Triggering Myth (1990)


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