Sounding like a compelling cross of Kraftwerk and Bryan Ferry, a couple of young Frenchmen based in Berlin, Jim Cassady & Pablo, have collaborated to produce an album of mesmerizing electronic music. Recently released on the European label Humble Musique, the ethereal EP contains a quartet of instrumentals augmented by just enough human backing vocals to ground the otherwise otherworldly tracks with a sultry, softening human touch.
The smooth grooves are definitely danceable, yet reflect the complexity of the talented combo’s eclectic influences, ranging from Mozart to Monk to Coltrane to Hendrix. Keyboardist Jim’s job is to endlessly explore pleasant melodies while also maintaining the rhythm. Improvisation is ostensibly the passion of Pablo, a self-taught guitarist who breaks all the rules he’s better off having never learned.
Since beauty is not only in the eye of the beholder, but in the ear of the behearer, may I simply suggest you check out these talented, hi-tech troubadours. I hope that you enjoy them as much as I do, so that they might soon be venturing to these shores to stage their first concert in the U.S.
Appreciate Jim Cassady & Pablo now and avoid the rush!
In A Word: Otherworldly
