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Speedball Trio

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Owl Poke 01:56
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Granate Skin 08:48
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Ugly Boy 04:45
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Grind 05:24
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Paindance 04:37

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Speedball trio is a new wave of Russian heavy jazz.
Music of this trio is a dangerous mixture of punk, jazz, grindcore and of course dance music!

Based in Moscow, the band was formed in 2018 and consists of the most active and prolific musicians of russian experimental scene:
Anton Ponomarev (Brom, Ponomarev-Obrazeena Massacre, Solvychegodsk, sanscreed kanon), Sergey Bolotin (Usssy), Hassan Mustafin (Solvychegodsk).


disagreement.net review by Pascal Thiel:
"My first experience with Moscow based jazz band Speedball Trio was two months ago when I learned that they were a part of experimental big band DEEBBBB on whose second album Episode II the trio left a lasting impression. Founded only back in 2018, they are now ready with their first and eponymous longplayer, which at seven songs and hardly over half an hour does keep it a little on the short side.

And yet short and entertaining records are far superior to longer ones that didn’t know when to stop. In this case, the album begins with the fierce Butchershop In The Sky, an unbridled free jazz piece that comes with a jittery rhythm section provided by bass guitar and drums, while the saxophone feels like a holy roller speaking in tongues. This is downright crazy stuff that shows that aggressive music doesn’t necessarily need a guitar. The following Mandarin Subway starts with a slapped bass guitar that could also have come from Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea, although the remaining structures have little in common with the funk rockers. At a little under two minutes, Owl Poke is the album’s shortest track, but pleases with a Les Claypool like bass guitar and a saxophone that sounds as if it were talking to you. Truly great stuff.

Granate Skin, the album’s middle piece, is at nine minutes the longest track on the album, and also that moment where you can take a breather. The pace is more sedate, the sax melody has a definite Eastern flair, and the whole things gives off a vibe of a sweltering summer evening. If you hear parallels to Morphine, your ears and brain might just work like mine. Ugly Boy also somehow reminds me of Morphine, although only if the latter had decided to play a heavy jazz punk hybrid. Grind comes with tons of ultra-fast and angular movements, and shows that grindcore can even be played in this jazz setup. The album ends with Paindance, and I am not kidding you when I tell you that its beginning shows a lot of parallels to Dead Kennedy’s Holiday In Cambodia.

It is permissible to compage Speedball Trio to bands like Naked City, Ruins and Zu, but also to the artists mentioned earlier in this review. What Speedball Trio have speaking for themselves is the fact that despite acting most always on the heavy spectrum of sound, they can still boast quite a varied approach. The quite competent rhythm section is complemented by a hyperactive saxophonist who just like that takes over the role of vocalist and lead guitarist, without the band neither needing one or the other. Fans of heavy jazz rock will not be disappointed by this promising and incredibly varied debut album."
www.disagreement.net/reviews2020/speedballtrio_speedballtrio.html



German vanbauseneick.de review by Matze van Bauseneick:
"Als „New Wave Of Heavy Jazz“ bezeichnet sich das Speedball Trio aus Moskau, und so kann man es auch bezeichnen, wenn man eine sehr freie Variante von Jazz macht, mit wild um sich schlagendem Saxophon und einem Rhythmusrumpf, der irgendwo zwischen Punk und Postcore oder so etwas zu Hause ist. Denkt man sich das Saxophon weg, hat man einen dicht gespielten Wasauchimmercore, mit einem Einschlag der frühen Dischord-Veröffentlichungen und einem Hauch Les Claypool, doch das Saxophon dazwischen verwischt diesen Eindruck, verwirrt den Hörer, denn es trötet, flirrt, stöhnt, ächzt, seufzt, insistiert, ringt um Aufmerksamkeit und torpediert das zögerliche Empfinden, es mit geradliniger Rockmusik zu tun zu haben.

Dabei ist die Musik gar nicht so ungerade, man muss nur genau hinhören und versuchen, das Saxophon als losgelöstes Wesen zu akzeptieren, das mit Bass und Schlagzeug auf seine Weise herumtollt, befreit von den Zwängen, dabei etwa Popmusik entstehen lassen zu müssen. Diese Musik ist nicht eben schön, das will sie auch gar nicht sein. Sie will herausfordern, und das tut sie, fürwahr. Wie schöne Musik geht, das wissen die drei Musiker sehr wohl, und zur Entspannung schmuggeln sie immer mal gefällige Passagen in die Setlist ein, nur um sie dann umso rücksichtsloser ins Rabiate, Unwirsche, Ruppige, Räudige dringen zu lassen. Zum Abschluss liefern die drei den „Paindance“, und der Titel trifft es: Man kann dazu bestens abtanzen, aber das Saxophon verursacht einigen Schmerz dabei.

Erst vor zwei Jahren fand dieses Trio zusammen, allesamt Musiker, die andernorts bereits für Furore sorgten: Anton Ponomarev spielt bei Brom, dem Ponomarev-Obrazeena Massacre, Solvychegodsk und Sanscreed Kanon, Sergey Bolotin bei Usssy und Hassan Mustafin bei Solvychegodsk. Und alle zusammen kennt man bereits von DEEBBBB, siehe oben."
vanbauseneick.de/krautnick/spezial-addicted-noname-label-aus-moskau-teil-7/




gbumps.blog review by Dmitry Sakharov:
"Although all five releases in this compilation are tenacious ones, the self-titled album by Moscow based Speedball Trio is extraordinarily consistent.

While listening to this, you are gasping for air in unison with the drums. The saxophone lends you some goosebumps, while the bass blows your hair back."
gbumps.blog/2021/07/03/jazz-in-the-core-5-albums-from-the-black-hole/#more-4127

+ Russian:
"Начнём с отечественного суперколлектива, который я уверенно ставлю на первое место в сегодняшнем хит-параде. До предела последовательная в своей напряженности работа. Speedball Trio – это зубодробительный бас Хассана Мустафина, извивающийся саксофон в руках у Антона Пономарёва и взрывные барабаны под управлением Сергея Болотина. Всё смешалось (и забудьте всё): Дикие Usssy, Сольвычегодск, Бром и не только."
t.me/sgbumps/711




mangorave.blogspot.com review by Raphael Lukas:
"Moscow's Speed Ball Trio selftitled debut album is a powerful selfpresentation via serious Jazz and glitchy Noise. It might not be a huge surprise that this album was released via [addicted label], the home of avantgarde and frogressive music. And so, the three-piece from the Russian capital makes us dive into a deep vortex that races alongside extremes such as loungy Jazz, poppy Funk, noisy Grindcore, and more."
mangorave.blogspot.com/2021/12/fresh-mango-december-12-2021.html

credits

released December 4, 2020

Recorded by Nick Samarin at Orange Studio, October 2019, Moscow
Mixed and mastered by Sergey Podlouzhniy
Photos by Svetlana Selezneva
Frontcover artwork by Yulia Ovanesyan
Layout by Uncle Gusstaff

digital label: noname666.bandcamp.com
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Buy LP\CD\tape label: gusstaffrecords.bandcamp.com
cat# SIT 981, GRAM 2010; released October 16, 2020

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Speedball trio Moscow, Russia

Speedball trio is a new wave of Russian heavy jazz.
Music of this trio is a dangerous mixture of punk, jazz, grindcore and of course dance music!

Based in Moscow, the band was formed in 2018 and consists of
Anton Ponomarev (Brom, Ponomarev /Obrazeena MASSACRE, Solvychegodsk, sanscreed kanon),
Sergey Bolotin (Usssy),
Hassan Mustafin (Solvychegodsk)
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