Robert Musso - Absolute Music (1989)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue, log) ~ 228.54 Mb | 41:16 | Scans included
Prog Rock, Experimental, Avantgarde Jazz | Country: USA | Label: Mu Records - 30JC-474
Best known as the engineer on numerous Bill Laswell projects, Robert Musso went it almost alone on his first album, Absolute Music (Laswell plays bass on one cut). Musso is primarily a guitarist but also plays a variety of unidentified string instruments here, using overdubbing but eschewing synthesizers, samplers, or drum machines. His compositions have the kind of exoticism that Laswell would become identified with in several of his guises; indeed, it's interesting to speculate on who was influencing whom. At his best, on pieces like the delightful "Surakarta," "Musso" achieves a seamless blending of pop sensibility with Southeast Asian influences, particularly from Javanese popular music.