Pele - Elephant Artist_小久保隆 Takashi Kokubo Colemine Records

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Some were taped at New York's legendary (and now long-gone) avant-garde arts enclave

" - Douglas Payne

offering each lusty vow or solidarity plea as a bona fide pop song—that is

Pele - Elephant Artist_小久保隆 Takashi Kokubo Colemine RecordsWith enough chops to burn and enough good sense not to, Pele is helping redefine the concept of the instrumental rock trio. This is gorgeous, mesmerizing post rock. Tall chords (i. e., chords with a whole lotta notes) collide with gentle melodies and angular rhythms to create what is easily one of the best instrumental discs of the late '90s. Think of a more rockin', spastic Pat Metheny Group, circa 1976. And just like that group, Pele has the