Search - Jetpack :: Planet Reverb

Great new band

dan true | NY, United States | 07/17/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Before I listened to Planet Reverb is was reading the CD booklet- Guitars, Basses, Mandolin, Keyboard, Percussion, Vocals by Daniel J. Written by Daniel J. Produced by Daniel J. and Michael Kramer. Photography by Daniel J. Drums, Percussion, Vocals by Michael Kramer.There are others involved with this CD including other musicians but my first reaction, before listening to the CD, was that this must be a CD made in someone's garage. Wrong!This is the best produced instro CD I've heard this year. The sound is crystal clear. The arrangements are very sophisticated. It is not a CD for casual listening. Crank up the volume or put on the headphones and sit back and listen.There is plenty of variety here. Jetpack is subtle, and so smooth, as styles change from track to track and within a piece. And there are plenty of style changes. As an example there is 'Pedro' - opening with a beautiful spanish guitar, then sound effects and shouts (humor), this leads to a very dramatic trumpet part (transition from humor to drama), blending to rock guitar then more trumpet. Now bridge this smoothly to the next track with a short intro followed by Mystery Prom - a hand holding, walk in the park, watching the sunset, apple pie, slow dance. Plenty of variety. There is plenty of twang, some surf and near surf but this is not trad surf.All the tracks are originals except Bus Stop and Sounds of Silence. Jetpack does Sounds of Silence as an uptempo Surf tune. It's nice to hear a new major instro talent. I'll be waiting for there next CD.And the cover artwork is first class."

Jetpack's Planet Reverb Is Epic Drama

dan true | 05/27/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The L.A. guitarist known as Jetpack has put out a debut CD that can truely be called EPIC. PLANET REVERB ranges from So.Cal. surf to a Texas barn-burner to an ode to the Soviet space program and beyond. The range of styles,(classical guitar, screaming solos, fretless bass a la Jaco) is extrordinary. Sound messy? No way! What makes this so enjoyable for a surf album is the apparent braininess behind it. The songs have varing time signatures and tempos without falling into the "look-how-clever-this-is" catagory. A favorite example: The Russian LUNIK 2 has the Volga River folk tune incorperated into it with what sounds like an army chorus (or exploited workers) singing and marching. The same song has theremin and Dr. Zivagoesque balalakas and mission control speech-and it really rocks, too! Just when it looks like the CD may go too far out there, Jetpack gives us simpler, solid tunes like the lovely MYSTERY PROM. I can swear I see the mirror ball from the live Jetpack show when I listen to it! Wrapping up the whole deal is a wicked version of SOUND OF SILENCE, which starts out like PIPELINE, morphs into DICK DALE style picking, and end with island rhythms. Funny and full of drama...oh yeah, AND IT ROCKS! BUY IT!"

Superb

Miroslav Kapoun | 04/10/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"surf music (but not only "surf" - instrumental rock music generally) at its best - dramatic, melodic, relaxed, powerful.."