Spontaneous Combustion

Liquid Trio Experiment | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 23, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Magna Carta
• ASIN: B000VKL0LW
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #147,284 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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26 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spontaneous Improvising!, October 30, 2007

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This review is from: Spontaneous Combustion (Audio CD)

Fans of Liquid Tension Experiment will feel absolutely compelled to grab this CD. I would strongly advise against viewing it as LTE # 3, because it is not that. It isn't even 'LTE 2-Part 2.' Instead we are treated to a whole NEW group... and that is a GREAT thing! The 13 songs on this release were recorded when Liquid Tension Experiment 2 was in pre-production by Tony Levin(b)/Mike Portnoy(d)/Jordan Rudess(k) while John Petrucci's wife went into premature labor. So, one birth turned into two! Enter, LIQUID TRIO EXPERIMENT!

Portnoy has a brief liner note attached that claims that it is raw; no overdubs, editing or mixing since the original master tapes went missing. The CD was created from his personal live 2-track stereo DAT mixes. (IMHO, they sound absolutely terrific!) The final product is "just three guys, their instruments, and their spontaneous imaginations feeding off of each other!" While I believe this statement to be true, some outline 'map work' is present in the CD inlay.

Each improv is an absolute treat to listen to. This group relies more on atmosphere or groove as opposed to the shredding found on the original LTE CDs. Honestly, the closest band(s) that I can compare this release to would be the fractal ProjeKcts that Tony Levin's band King Crimson released in the late 90s - right around the time that these songs were recorded in 1998. (ProjeKct One: Live at the Jazz Cafe ProjeKct Two: Space Groove ProjeKct Three: Projekct Three - Masque ProjeKct Four: West Coast Live)

If you dig The ProjeKcts, then 'Spontaneous Combustion' is a must have.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's a jam session, people~, January 18, 2009

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L. V. Ford (San Diego) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spontaneous Combustion (Audio CD)

Read the liner notes! These guys rented a studio and then Petrucci's wife went into Labor and had to leave. Why not use the studio time for a timeless unaltered jam session? This album is a rare glimpse into a musicians world where these kind of jam sessions are the cosmic building blocks of music. Of course you will hear riffs and whatnot from other places and times. I like that it's released like it's recorded. So many diamonds in the rough.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Hollow without Petrucci, August 2, 2008

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Wesley P. Simons "realistic" (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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I love all these guys but without Petrucci it is just empty. If you liked the first two LTE albums and/or like DT, don't buy this.