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Ben Harper is no stranger to live albums. This is his sixth. That said, it is the first with the Relentless 7, an Austin TX-based trio Harper hooked up with to record the stellar White Lies for Dark Times. Basically, this CD/DVD package is a support gig for the White Lies album. The songs from it -- and a few others -- have been lived in for a while, and the band's internal communication language has developed to the instinctual level. The interplay between between Harper and Relentless 7 is nothing short of explosive. Having Jason Mozersky as a guitar foil adds to the sheer rock quotient of this performance -- check the opener, a new track, “Faster Slower Disappear Come Around," for initial evidence of how fluidly the pair works together. Bassist Jesse Ingalls is a monster; his work walks a knife’s edge between classic Billy Cox rhythm-centric groove and the funkiness of Bernard Odum, adding an entirely different dimension to Harper’s live sound. Jordan Richardson's drumming is deeply influenced by more power-driven classic rock drummers like John Bonham and Keith Moon, though he doesn’t use as much flash -- and doesn’t need to. The entire gig is loud as hell and credit goes to Harper and Danny Kalb for not dressing it up. It struts and swaggers with orgiastic guitar heroics -- check “Why Must You Always Wear Black” and the cover of Jimi Hendrix's “Red House.” There are wah-wah-driven power anthems such as “Keep It Together (So I Can Fall Apart)," and “Shimmer & Shine,” as well. Nonetheless, it does contain some spacious, soulful interludes like “Faithfully Remain,” but his nugget, “Serve Your Soul,” is reinvented as a slide guitar romp here. There’s also a quirky cover of David Bowie's “Under Pressure” that’s a crowd-pleaser, and the band takes it to the limit then breaks it wide open. The DVD contains the entire show and adds two more White Lies titles to the middle of the mix in “Skin Thin” and “Fly One Time." This is the loudest, rawest, most unhinged Ben Harper live to date.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Ben Harper, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Danny Kalb, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Mozersky, ComposerLyricist - Jordan Richardson, ComposerLyricist - Jesse Ingalls, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Harper And Relentless7, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Amerimage - Spectra Inc.,
Ben Harper, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Danny Kalb, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Mozersky, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Harper And Relentless7, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Amerimage - Spectra Inc.,
Ben Harper, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Danny Kalb, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Harper And Relentless7, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Amerimage - Spectra Inc.,
Ben Harper, Composer, Producer - Danny Kalb, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jesse Ingalls, Composer - Stephen Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Harper And Relentless7, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Amerimage - Spectra Inc.,
Ben Harper, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Danny Kalb, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Harper And Relentless7, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Amerimage - Spectra Inc.,
Ben Harper, Producer - Jimi Hendrix, ComposerLyricist - Danny Kalb, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Harper And Relentless7, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Amerimage - Spectra Inc.,
Ben Harper, Composer, Author, Producer - Danny Kalb, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Harper And Relentless7, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Amerimage - Spectra Inc.,
Ben Harper, Composer, Producer - Danny Kalb, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Harper And Relentless7, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Amerimage - Spectra Inc.,
Ben Harper, Composer, Producer - Danny Kalb, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Mozersky, Composer - Jordan Richardson, Composer - Jesse Ingalls, Composer - Stephen Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Harper And Relentless7, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Amerimage - Spectra Inc.,
Ben Harper, Producer - Freddie Mercury, ComposerLyricist - Roger Taylor, ComposerLyricist - David Bowie, ComposerLyricist - Brian May, ComposerLyricist - John Deacon, ComposerLyricist - Danny Kalb, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Harper And Relentless7, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Amerimage - Spectra Inc.,
Ben Harper, Composer, Producer - Danny Kalb, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Mozersky, Composer - Stephen Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Harper And Relentless7, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Virgin Records America, Inc.
Ben Harper, Composer, Producer - Danny Kalb, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Mozersky, Composer - Stephen Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Harper And Relentless7, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Amerimage - Spectra Inc.,
Ben Harper, Composer, Producer - Danny Kalb, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Harper And Relentless7, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Amerimage - Spectra Inc.,
Ben Harper, Producer - Jimmy Page, Composer - John Bonham, Composer - John Paul Jones, Composer - Danny Kalb, Producer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Marsh, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ben Harper And Relentless7, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Amerimage - Spectra Inc.,
Album review
Ben Harper is no stranger to live albums. This is his sixth. That said, it is the first with the Relentless 7, an Austin TX-based trio Harper hooked up with to record the stellar White Lies for Dark Times. Basically, this CD/DVD package is a support gig for the White Lies album. The songs from it -- and a few others -- have been lived in for a while, and the band's internal communication language has developed to the instinctual level. The interplay between between Harper and Relentless 7 is nothing short of explosive. Having Jason Mozersky as a guitar foil adds to the sheer rock quotient of this performance -- check the opener, a new track, “Faster Slower Disappear Come Around," for initial evidence of how fluidly the pair works together. Bassist Jesse Ingalls is a monster; his work walks a knife’s edge between classic Billy Cox rhythm-centric groove and the funkiness of Bernard Odum, adding an entirely different dimension to Harper’s live sound. Jordan Richardson's drumming is deeply influenced by more power-driven classic rock drummers like John Bonham and Keith Moon, though he doesn’t use as much flash -- and doesn’t need to. The entire gig is loud as hell and credit goes to Harper and Danny Kalb for not dressing it up. It struts and swaggers with orgiastic guitar heroics -- check “Why Must You Always Wear Black” and the cover of Jimi Hendrix's “Red House.” There are wah-wah-driven power anthems such as “Keep It Together (So I Can Fall Apart)," and “Shimmer & Shine,” as well. Nonetheless, it does contain some spacious, soulful interludes like “Faithfully Remain,” but his nugget, “Serve Your Soul,” is reinvented as a slide guitar romp here. There’s also a quirky cover of David Bowie's “Under Pressure” that’s a crowd-pleaser, and the band takes it to the limit then breaks it wide open. The DVD contains the entire show and adds two more White Lies titles to the middle of the mix in “Skin Thin” and “Fly One Time." This is the loudest, rawest, most unhinged Ben Harper live to date.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:22:41
- Main artists: Ben Harper And Relentless7
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Virgin Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 2010 Virgin Records America, Inc. ℗ 2010 Amerimage - Spectra Inc.,
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