The music of ROOT takes you to a universe where psychedelics and harmony reach out to eachother. This trio, where Dominique is backed by the complementary duo Mirko Banovic (bass) and Geert Roelofs (drums) has released two albums on Dominique’s record label Root Music Records.
The debut album “Root” goes back to the jazzrock and fusion of the seventies. The wurlitzer and rhodes arrangements provide a sharp edge and are reminiscent of the works of John Mclaughlin, Joe Zawinul, Weather Report, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett in their ‘Electric Miles’ era. Their second album “Agree to disagree” continues on the path of melancholia, psychedelia and improvisation. The music of ROOT brings together the best of both worlds: the raw exhilirating sounds of (jazz) funk and the pure compelling modern classical and jazzy (pop) ballads.
“…The Ghentian trio ROOT sounded like they should have been born in Norway. At one extreme they were indebted to the sounds of Supersilent, but with their limber soulfulness, they could be plundering the outgoing aspects of New York’s Medeski, Martin & Wood. The end-sound became their own Root-sound amalgam…” ALL about jazz – Martin Longley
- Released : 02/07/2010
