ALBERTO RIGONI

Drum and bass, but not as we know it.

alberto Rigoni’s latest release sounds a bit like what happens when the guitarist has to leave a band practice too early to go to work, leaving the freshly emboldened bass player and drummer alone in the rehearsal room. The main chunk of EvoRevolution, which features the ever-impressive and ever-busy Marco Minnemann behind the kit, is the 33-minute title track, which was largely composed on the bass guitar and has decorative samples strewn across it like baubles on some strange Christmas tree. At its best, the six-chapter instrumental piece is an exciting exploration through prog rock chops, jazz fusion intricacies and distorted chunk thanks to the thunderbolt fingers of accomplished Italian bass slinger Rigoni, but if you lose concentration, it can end up sounding like a bit of a directionless jam session that dangerously teeters on the edge. The sprightly Back To

Life, a second track that clocks in at a comparatively skimpy four minutes, is more concise and song-orientated but still manages to take left turns with adroit fretwork and jagged timings.

The surprise finale shows, though, that sometimes less can indeed be more. CC