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NUCLEUS - UNDER THE SUN
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Under The Sun
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1974 Raer JAzz Fusion LP Repressed - Under The Sun is the follow-up to the astonishing Roots and contains yet more absolutely essential Nucleus material. Originally released on Vertigo in 1974, Under The Sun was never re-pressed and of course those original copies are now very tricky to score. Like all the Nucleus records, it’s aged ridiculously well and this Be With re-issue, re-mastered from the original analogue tapes, shows off just why this deserves to be back in press.
Genius trumpeter and visionary composer Ian Carr was one of the most respected British musicians of his era. He was a true pioneer and saw the potential in fusing the worlds of jazz with rock, just as Miles Davis and The Tony Williams Lifetime did in the US. In late 1969, following the demise of the Rendell-Carr quintet, and tiring of British jazz, Carr assembled the legendary Nucleus. Regarding music as a continuous process, Nucleus refused to “recognise rigid boundaries” and worked on delivering what they saw as a “total musical experience”. We can get behind that.
Under bandleader Carr, Nucleus existed as a fluid line-up of inventive, skilled musicians. This constant evolution and revolution was all part of the continuous musical exploration and discovery that took jazz to new levels. And the music has stayed relevant. To steal a line from a recent review of our re-issue of Roots, when it comes to anything Nucleus “it’s basically already hip-hop”.
Under The Sun opens with the crisp, medium tempo “In Procession”. It’s a typically inventive Carr track with layers of dramatic, riff-led themes and repeating brass blasts. Bryan Spring’s “The Addison Trip” is a moody funk piece, with Kieran White guesting on wordless vocals. Roger Sutton contributes some fine bass guitar on this track, particularly the great solo at around the two minute mark. The excellently-named cool, jazzy ballad “Pastoral Graffiti” paints bucolic pictures with its mellow sonics, plaintive horns and Bob Bertles’ flute.
Sutton’s superb, bass-driven “New Life” brings a different dynamic. Horns, guitar and electric piano swirl over the head-nod bass motif and a killer Ken Shaw guitar solo. A false fade out halfway through brings in a new bass riff that’s picked up by the whole ensemble as Carr wah-wah noodles over the top. It’s full-on. The gorgeous, laidback “A Taste of Sarsaparilla” is exactly that - closing out the first side with a cute blast of what is to come over on the killer flip.
The whole of Under The Sun’s second side is a suite of three “Themes” written by Ian Carr. The uptempo first theme “Sarsaparilla” is comfortably one of Nucleus’ best. What would’ve been a cluttered mess in the hands of most is instead an effortless lesson in clarity and zing. Between Geoff Castle’s electric piano solo, the relentless funky drumming and more wild wah-wah trumpet from Carr, Nucleus show you how it’s done.
The languid groove of second theme “Feast Alfresco” is much more typical of “classic” Nucleus and sounds like something that might’ve been on Roots. A Bertles baritone solo and a guitar solo from Shaw weave around the core, serpentine brass theme.
The darker “Rites of Man”, the third and final theme, is a slow build to a solid bass and electric piano riff, shored up by some tricky brass. Carr takes the theme even further and there’s still plenty of room for soloing from all corners of the Nucleus. As usual, the dynamic Sutton/Spring, bass/drums duo is holding down the rhythm for the rest to jam around.
This Be With edition of Under The Sun has been re-mastered from the original Vertigo master tapes, Simon Francis’ mastering working together with Pete Norman’s cut to weave their usual magic with these wonderful recordings. The bleak, rain-dappled cover matches the melancholic vibe of the record and has been restored as the finishing touch to this long overdue re-issue.
Genius trumpeter and visionary composer Ian Carr was one of the most respected British musicians of his era. He was a true pioneer and saw the potential in fusing the worlds of jazz with rock, just as Miles Davis and The Tony Williams Lifetime did in the US. In late 1969, following the demise of the Rendell-Carr quintet, and tiring of British jazz, Carr assembled the legendary Nucleus. Regarding music as a continuous process, Nucleus refused to “recognise rigid boundaries” and worked on delivering what they saw as a “total musical experience”. We can get behind that.
Under bandleader Carr, Nucleus existed as a fluid line-up of inventive, skilled musicians. This constant evolution and revolution was all part of the continuous musical exploration and discovery that took jazz to new levels. And the music has stayed relevant. To steal a line from a recent review of our re-issue of Roots, when it comes to anything Nucleus “it’s basically already hip-hop”.
Under The Sun opens with the crisp, medium tempo “In Procession”. It’s a typically inventive Carr track with layers of dramatic, riff-led themes and repeating brass blasts. Bryan Spring’s “The Addison Trip” is a moody funk piece, with Kieran White guesting on wordless vocals. Roger Sutton contributes some fine bass guitar on this track, particularly the great solo at around the two minute mark. The excellently-named cool, jazzy ballad “Pastoral Graffiti” paints bucolic pictures with its mellow sonics, plaintive horns and Bob Bertles’ flute.
Sutton’s superb, bass-driven “New Life” brings a different dynamic. Horns, guitar and electric piano swirl over the head-nod bass motif and a killer Ken Shaw guitar solo. A false fade out halfway through brings in a new bass riff that’s picked up by the whole ensemble as Carr wah-wah noodles over the top. It’s full-on. The gorgeous, laidback “A Taste of Sarsaparilla” is exactly that - closing out the first side with a cute blast of what is to come over on the killer flip.
The whole of Under The Sun’s second side is a suite of three “Themes” written by Ian Carr. The uptempo first theme “Sarsaparilla” is comfortably one of Nucleus’ best. What would’ve been a cluttered mess in the hands of most is instead an effortless lesson in clarity and zing. Between Geoff Castle’s electric piano solo, the relentless funky drumming and more wild wah-wah trumpet from Carr, Nucleus show you how it’s done.
The languid groove of second theme “Feast Alfresco” is much more typical of “classic” Nucleus and sounds like something that might’ve been on Roots. A Bertles baritone solo and a guitar solo from Shaw weave around the core, serpentine brass theme.
The darker “Rites of Man”, the third and final theme, is a slow build to a solid bass and electric piano riff, shored up by some tricky brass. Carr takes the theme even further and there’s still plenty of room for soloing from all corners of the Nucleus. As usual, the dynamic Sutton/Spring, bass/drums duo is holding down the rhythm for the rest to jam around.
This Be With edition of Under The Sun has been re-mastered from the original Vertigo master tapes, Simon Francis’ mastering working together with Pete Norman’s cut to weave their usual magic with these wonderful recordings. The bleak, rain-dappled cover matches the melancholic vibe of the record and has been restored as the finishing touch to this long overdue re-issue.
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At least five bands/artists have been called Nucleus.
1. Nucleus were a pioneering jazz-rock band from the U.K., who continued in different incarnations from 1969 to 1985. In their first year they won first prize at the Montreux Jazz Festival, released their first album (Elastic Rock), and performed both at the Newport Jazz Festival and the Village Gate jazz club.
They were led by Ian Carr, who had been in The Don Rendell & Ian Carr Quintet during the mid and late 1960s, and was a respected figure in British jazz for more than forty years. Their jazz-based music evolved from an early sound incorporating elements of progressive and psychedelic rock towards a funkier sound in the mid and late 1970s.
In August 2005 a special one-off reincarnation of Nucleus, with old and new members, performed at London's Cargo venue, to an enthusiastic reception.
Carr died on 25th February 2009, aged seventy-five..
*Official site
2. Nucleus isa performing name of Dave Sims, who started dj'ing in 1986 mixing and scratching hip hop and funk breaks after hearing double d and steinski's lessons and grandmaster flash adventures on the wheels of steel, this inspired him to buy a 4-track tape recorder and start making break mixes and hip hop tunes with local mc's.
In about 1988 started going to raves and clubs like the dungeon, telepathy and then later paradise club (awol) and getting into house and early breakbeat and djing at parties and raves staying with the music as it evolved through hardcore, jungle to drum and bass.
In 1996 Nucleus started making tunes with Devparadox for nine bar records, made 2 12's and 1 album as "noise and paradox."
In 97 the duo started recording for th legendery Reinforced records with a 12" "Esoteric funk/places and spaces" as "Nucleus and paradox " and a track past, present, future on the Enforcers Lp.Followed by another 12" "this side of fore ever/decompositions".At the same time releasing a12" on" 720 records"(goodlooking) "the nautilus"and "Nexus records"(good looking) "Project 2/Persistence of vision" as "Alaska and Nucleus".
The duo worked on various remixes including "4-Hero" for talking loud and James Hardway. The next 12" was "who? What?/No spaced place" for Reinforced in 2000.followed by tracks as Nucleus on the deadly chambers Enforcers Lp and a 12" on Reinforced called "Gravity point/ Flim flam" and a track "suspended animation" on the Scattered Snares lp on Marc macs Twisted funk label.2000 also saw the release of 2 bboy break mixtapes with Break dj Leacy.
Over the years Nucleus has Djed at various events in Germany,France,Holland,Hungary,United states,Russia,Croatia,Australia,Switzerland,Norway and UK playing drum and bass,funk,jazz,hip hop,house,disco,breaks,broken beat etc,and can be found playing at various clubs/bars/parties in London.
2002 saw the return of nucleus and paradox with 12"s on US label Offshore,Paradox music, the Esoteric funk lp on Reinforced, and the creation of "Esoteric", a label exclusively for Nucleus/ Paradox material.
September 2005 saw Nucleus and Paradox debut 12" on Metalheadz ,12bit/Aragon.
2007 also saw the creation of Styles,Nucleus and Dj Trax monthly all nighter in london,featuring a mix of funk ,hip hop,disco,house,broken beat and anything else with the funk.
Esoteric is going strong into 2008 with 10 releases,getting excellent reviews and regular plays by many of the scenes top djs including Goldie,Flight,Marky,Marcus intalex.
2008 is set to be a busy year with various gigs around europe and a US tour with Dj Trax in the pipeline.
www.myspace.com/nucleus3000
http://i.coopr8.net/profile/nucleus
http://www.virb.com/nucleus
3. Nucleus is a jam band from Humboldt County California.
Originally conceived as an acid jazz/fusion project in 2000, Nucleus has played over 500 shows around the country from bars to festivals and everything in between. Morphing into a rock trio in 2003, Nucleus continued to hit the road hard and accomplish eveything on their own drive and determination. After a few years making a name on the east coast, the band returned to Northern California to pursue its next phase of evolution. The band built a studio and began producing its own albums, kicking off with 2005's The Art of Reaching. Longtime collaborator/keyboardist Brian Swizlo joined the band during this time and the latest incarnation of Nucleus was formed. Swizlo has been an in-demand fixture of the Humboldt music scene since the 1990s as well as an L.A. session player and hip-hop producer with an instantly recognizable musical touch. With continued touring and a maturing sound, Nucleus is wowing broad audiences and gearing up for a promising 2007. With distribution from the Homegrown Music Network, CD baby, Rhapsody and itunes, Nucleus is steadily growing and widening its audience. Nucleus has released five albums to date with the sixth, Love and Gold scheduled for release in Summer 2007.
4. Nucleus is a death metal band from Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in January of 2012, originally comprised of Christian Guajardo (Guitars), Dave Muntean (Guitars, Vocals), Daniel-Josef Williams (Bass), and Michael Manfredini (Drums). This lineup recorded their debut single, "Nibiru (Arrival of the Ancients) and their debut demo, "Contact", respectively. Later in 2012, original guitarist Christian Guajardo left the band to focus on non-musical endeavors and was replaced by Dan Ozcanli. In the 2013, the band would see the departure of Daniel-Josef Williams after the recording of "The Colony" EP. Ryan Reynolds stepped in to fulfill the role of bassist shortly thereafter. After the recording of the "Hegemony" EP, Michael was removed from the band and replaced by Pat O'Hara in 2015. Due to the positive reviews and heavy circulation of "Hegemony", Nucleus was approached by Unspeakable Axe Records in 2015. The band signed with the label in May of that year. With the final addition of Pat behind the drums, the band recorded their debut album "Sentient" which was released by Unspeakable Axe Records on April 15th, 2016. Due to the positive reception surrounding "Sentient", the band has appeared in Stereogum, Metal Injection, Metalsucks, and Decibel Magazine, respectively.
Releases:
"Nibiru (Arrival of the Ancients)" Single - 2012
"Contact" Demo - 2012
"The Colony" EP - August 2013 - Anopsys Records
"Hegemony" EP - January 2015
"Sentient" LP - April 2016
www.facebook.com/nucleusmetal
5. Nucleus was a progressive rock band, based in Sydney Australia from 2005 to 2009. They have since changed their name to Breaking Orbit.
6. Nucleus was also czech alternative band from Brno (1981 - 1985) http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/specialy/bigbit/kapely/1672-nucleus/ Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.