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Teun Verbruggen's Bureau Of Atomic Tourism doesn't fit into any known style. While the sextet delves head first
into abstract free improvisation that abandons all conventional musical notions such as melody, harmony and
even rhythm ,you witness them raging like a well-oiled outfit with years of experience. The group constists of
Andrew d'Angelo (alto saxophone, bass clarinet) and Nate Wooley (trumpet) who cover the entire stylistic range
from muscular solos to far reaching techniques, and is often joined by guitarist Marc Ducret, who makes his
instrument sing mysteriously, places poignant accents or rages with an equal eagerness.
Initially the unpredictable improvisation may sound like an abstract poem, but this switches quickly to first
dazzling freak-outs in the New York avant-garde tradition or even throbbing fusion with a nod to Miles Davis'
electric era, before ultimately arriving at muscular jazzrock in the vein of The Lounge Lizards and Belgium's XLegged
Sally, with ultra-tight themes, subtly introduced electronics and turbulent dynamics.
What can one say to the unstoppable groove of the Dunn/Verbruggen rhythm section and the musical action
painting of Jozef Dumoulin on the Fender Rhodes? What could have either been a failed jump into the deep end
or a haphazard performance with the handbrakes on, here leads to a powerful achievement, executed with
discipline and the will to incorporate the outer edges of improvised music.