| Macroscope | ||||
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| Released | April 29, 2014 | |||
| Recorded | January 2014 | |||
| Genre | Rock, jazz | |||
| Length | 58:29 | |||
| Label | Mack Avenue MAC1085 | |||
| Producer | Nels Cline, David Breskin | |||
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Macroscope is the fifth album by The Nels Cline Singers led by American guitarist Nels Cline which was released in April 29th 2014 on the Mack Avenue label. [1]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Guardian | [3] |
| All About Jazz |  [4] |
| Premier Guitar | [5] |
The Allmusic review by Sean Westergaard awarded the album 4 stars out of 5, stating "while the Nels Cline Singers may have a new bass player and a new label, fortunately their sound has not changed. They're still making some of the most interesting, adventurous, genre-smashing music of the early 21st century. Guitar nerds need to check this out, but it's got wider appeal than that too". [2] The Guardian's John Fordham rated the album 3 stars out of 5, saying, "Macroscope is a blast through warped Latin music, Hendrix freakouts, double-taking George Bensonian smoothness, electronica and grunge". [3] Writing for All About Jazz, Matt Marshall stated "Since this is a Nels Cline album there are, of course, guitar solos of blistering beauty. But these moments are but part of an organic progression of an ever- roiling music, a highly reactive science experiment that might generate searing fuzz guitar from undulating beats ("Red Before Orange") or rise in a back-spinning psychedelic echo ("The Wedding Band") that replicates into an annihilating vortex of amplified noise". [4] Premier Guitar's Jason Shadrick noted "This isn’t easy music to get into—and it’s not supposed to be. Cline’s musical trick bag is always surprising, but never excessive". [5] Paste Magazine's Robert Ham called it "one of the best jazz releases of the year to date". [6]
All compositions by Nels Cline.
The Nels Cline Singers
Additional musicians
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