Max Jaffe: You Want That Too!

"Opener "Up Top Up," builds slowly and softly, with plinking piano, pulsing guitar, and bleepy synth organizing themselves like the multicolored tiers of a bismuth crystal. For a full minute, the quiet concatenation gurgles along, accumulating extra notes and flourishes, suggesting an eventual kosmische surge. But instead, each instrument disappears and the tempo drops to half-time, leaving only an uneasy chord structure and a lethargic drum pattern."

"Just a minute and 40 seconds into You Want That Too!, Max Jaffe and his cast of collaborators pull off the first of many head fakes. Suddenly, Jeff Parker plucks a sighing six-note guitar run, dropping his shoulders into a solo section that carries the tune to its swooning conclusion. It's only three minutes long, but at no point could you guess what might happen from measure to measure."

You Want That Too! presents Max Jaffe leading a collaborator-rich record that sits between jazz and electronic music. The opener 'Up Top Up' subverts expectations with slowly building piano, guitar, and synth textures that suddenly drop to half-time and sparse chords before Jeff Parker's six-note guitar solo. Jaffe's drumming is vigorous yet graceful, described as painterly and gestural. His work with Elder Ones grounded freer impulses while erupting into controlled explosions. In JOBS, his rhythms are angular and sharp, creating clean spaces for other instruments. The record emphasizes unpredictability and nuanced interplay among players.

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