There are albums that are great. But then there are albums that are so exciting that you can\u2019t stop talking about them: Deviations<\/i> by Toronto-based duo Aurganic is just this type of release. There couldn\u2019t be a more elegant way of marrying jazz and indie rock than how Michael Kossov and Leo Pisaq have done on this sophomore release. The jazz aspect in the musical fabric of this record is key to the way it sounds. The music has an almost easy listening, smooth jazz appeal. Because of the potential prosaicness of this type of music, it might seem like a dangerous territory to tread on, but rest assured that Deviations<\/i> sounds nothing like elevator music. The brilliant music that this duo creates out of this particular type of jazz influence is no different from how Meshell Ndegeocello, Sting, or Tears For Fears use or have used to create memorable albums.<\/p>\n
Both Kossov and Pisaq come from punk or rock backgrounds; in Kossov\u2019s case, he is still the bassist for Toronto-based post-rock outfit Here Below. But on Deviations<\/i>, they sound like professionally trained jazz musicians. Especially on the title track \u2013 the only instrumental on the album \u2013 the music has such an air of sophistication and eruditeness that it is hard to believe it has been composed by two guys with just plain rock music backgrounds. Same goes with \u201cEasy\u201d and \u201cThe Lost And The Found\u201d with their easygoing loungey mood, as if they came out of the womb of a hardcore jazz record. <\/p>\n
But this duo\u2019s indie rock identity runs as strong in the veins of Deviations<\/i> as its disposition towards jazz. On \u201cParadigm,\u201d \u201cSingle Motion Sound,\u201d and \u201cSouthbound,\u201d Aurganic flexes their rock music muscle, incorporating elements of math rock. \u201cLucid\u201d and \u201cWalking Trials\u201d show the more electronic side of this duo. The dreamy \u201cLucid\u201d sounds like a song coming out the current crop of synth-based shoegazer-influenced indie pop bands. \u201cWalking Trials\u201d on the other hand, is angular and unconventional; the electronic music influence on this track is closer to the likes of Radiohead. <\/p>\n
There is no question that Aurganic breaks new ground with Deviations<\/i>. And on top of that, the gracefulness and utter prissiness with which they are able to do so is pretty remarkable, to say the least.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":31618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[9228],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-43324","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-aurganic","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/43324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/43324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=43324"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=43324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}