American Mark Guiliana is undoubtedly one of the most important jazz drummers of the 10. He counts both and among his influences and as a musician - leader or sideman - leaves no style untouched: from the complex post bop of and to the dark jazz rock of 's swan song . He also likes to play around with electronics, like on this album. The title already mentions three times that these are strongly
… rhythmic sounds, supplemented by many bleeping and grunting synthesizers. These produce primary melodies that are sometimes reminiscent of vintage Nintendo video game soundtracks and unwieldy computer music from the 90s. Faint voice samples emerge and disappear. Beat Music! Beat Music! Beat Music! can be heard as a musical arcade for a club of gifted musicians, with Guiliana at the forefront. They are audibly having a good time themselves, but fans of Guilianas more refined jazz and rock music will have to swallow. (MR)more