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A renegade instrumental-rock act that fuses early-60's surf riffs, aggressive blues guitar, and cool-jazz horns together for explosive sonics unlike any other! The
Hydrotones are: featuring:
"More from the talented Bill Bechtel with a whole series of new originals this time in group format on what he describes as surf/blues/jazz - quite a combination. It's saxy and brassy with guitars, bass and drums driving it along at the same time. Unusual and fun album and well worth listening to - some of it is like a super rock hip Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass! Excellent musicianship. *** " - Davy, New Gandy Dancer (Issue 69) Phil
Dirt of Reverb Central on the track "Pachyderm Picasso":
"Metal elephants dry chop and grind under edgy guitar until
the break comes along, which has an elongated exotic feels to it, almost
island adventurous." "A
very unique album and it's nothing short of fantastic. I love the catchy
rhythms and the great sax. Not many of the current surf and instro bands
use saxophone, but it's one of my favorite components to many of the
vintage surf and instro songs. The sound quality is excellent and the
songs "This
is quite a radical and challenging piece of work... What we have is
a tuff-sounding, tight and heavy-ish, mainstream rock rhythm section
with a jazz-inspired saxman blowing hot and sassy over the top... This
is a brave, challenging CD with a difference which will reward those
adventurous "Surfy
tunage from a new Bay area trio that features guitarist/local-music
vet Bill Bechtel. For me, surf music that worships the traditional usually
has a shelf life of about three tracks, but the Hydrotones keep things
fresh with some frenetic sax and trumpet tracks, courtesy of Miguel
Angel and Matt White, respectively. Bechtel also gets plenty of room
to show off his chops, particularly in the creepy, swampy standout,
"Theme from an Imaginary Cartoon." The horns, however, make
all the difference. Decent stuff... Interestingly, this one's dedicated
to that crew of hardcore kite surfers (including the disc's engineer,
Josh Young) you might have seen trying to kill themselves at "The
chill in the air along the beach right about now means it's farewell
to sun tans and sandy shoes, while it's prime time for some kite flying.
This disc of modern-day surf tunes is dedicated to the twine n' tail
crew that frequent Treasure Island, with guitarist Bill Bechtel and
band twistin' the time away. Much like the saltwater scrawl of the Mermen,
Bechtel's Hydrotones use the wavy vibrato and surging rhythms of surf
music as a jumping off effort for their own instrumental adventures.
Whether the Peter Gunn-like riffage for the thrilling "Espionage",
the fatback fun of "Pachyderm Picasso", or the swelling chord
structures for "Tsunami", the Hydrotones merge their serene,
articulate playing with a classic, boss-hog sound." Choose
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