El Rojo

Clutch, The Bakerton Group | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 17, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Weathermaker Music
• ASIN: B001P7YDSM
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #131,041 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Time Horizon

2. Chancellor

3. Peruvian Airspace

4. Bien Clásico

5. Life on Lars

6. M. (F).H.S.

7. The Gigantomakhia

8. Work 'Em

9. Last Orbit

10. Bill Proger's Galaxy

Editorial Reviews

2009 release. Produced by The Bakerton Group and J. Robbins at Magpie Cage Studios in Baltimore, Maryland, El Rojo will be the first full-tilt release from this extraordinary Psychedelic instrumental Jazz-laden alter ego of Clutch (all four original Clutch members make up the Bakerton Group). In addition, Per Wiberg from Opeth was brought in to handle all piano, synth and keyboard duties on all 10 of El Rojo's tracks. What inspired Magpie Cage was more than magical, it's a masterwork of epic scope, skillful jams and rolling groove. This release is sure to win over as many Blues, Jazz and Dancehall fans as eclectic Hard Rock Clutch fanatics!

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Instrumental stoner jazz rock?, February 14, 2010

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Justin Gaines (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: El Rojo (Audio CD)

El Rojo is the second full-length album from The Bakerton Group, otherwise known as Clutch. The Bakerton Group allows the members of Clutch to make some very different music than the heavy stoner rock they're so well known for. The Bakerton Group's all instrumental work is hard to pin down. They're very much a jam band, but there are psychedelic, blues, jazz, and of course stoner elements to their sound. Clutch meets the Alex Skolnick Trio perhaps?

The band is joined by Opeth's Per Wiberg on El Rojo, and his keyboard and especially organ work fits right into The Bakerton Group's style. Honestly, is there any kind of rock music that doesn't sound better when you add an organ? You have to admire the band's instrumental prowess. This isn't exactly progressive rock, but the musicianship here is pretty impressive. Of course the down side of this free-form jam band stuff is that the songs have no real structure at all. It's hard to tell when one song ends and the next begins, and the whole meandering nature of the album lost it's appeal about halfway through when I started wondering if it was going anywhere.

El Rojo is obviously a niche album. Clutch fans will want to check it out, even though it doesn't sound much like that band's work. Other than that, you can see its appeal to stoner rock fans in general, especially when they're, you know, stoned. It's good music to chill out to, and that's something we could all use from time to time.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clutch without vocals, May 13, 2010

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D. L. GARDNER (WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: El Rojo (Audio CD)

If you like Clutch for their lyrics this might not be for you but if you like their music it's a must. It does have a little bit of a jazz feel on a couple of tracks which works, well. This is one of my favorite road trip albums. It'll make you want to take the scenic route.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Jazzy-Funk-Spacy Instrumental Clutch, November 23, 2009

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Great album. I am a long time fan of Clutch and would recommended this album to anyone who owns few of their CDs. The best way to describe this album is some super groovy instrumental Clutch.