Mobile

Yes, this is instrumental and percussion, but there is lot of melody here, with Kotche using a range of strange and wonderful stringed instruments to complement his complex drum set-up. Mobile Pts 1, 2, & 3 are staggeringly great and Monkey Chant is just genius. If you have an open mind about music, check this out.

From a percussionists standpoint this is incredible! Check out Kotche's modern drummer festival performance. The man's a genius!

as a listener, I am very compelled to say that this was one of the most interesting percussion cds I've ever heard. You might not appreciate it as much if you aren't a percussionist. But this is great music for studying, conversation and other daily things. I listened to it for 3 days straight actually, because it has such a great flow. I'm extremely satisfied with the cd and its made me a huge fan. I'm looking forward to the MD 2006 DVD.

check plus. noise galore, and percussion to adore.

Make no mistake, this is a percussion-driven mosaic of contemporary instrumental compositions falling squarely in the general vicinity of art music in the Reichian mold. Not for casual rock fans. And sincerely better conceived and executed than that other Chicago band's drummer's solo vanity project of a year or so ago (i.e. Smashing Pumpkins' Jimmy Chamberlain) that spun a pointless web of fusion-ish noodling. Here, Wilco's Kotche lays down the soundtrack to an imaginary art-house film. Theme music for Chicagoans?!?! There's a hard edge here that hearty midwesterners know too well. It's blunt and direct yet redeemed by a supple empathy for the listener's internal narrative. Nicely done. (But not for everyone.)