ELECTRIC SILENCE

I actually consider the final Dzyan album to be a bit of a step down from their previous releases. Whereas I'm fairly fond of Time Machine's fascinating meld between jazz fusion and Krautrock, Electric Silence seems to just be an exercise in dabbling in a range of different musical genres without bringing any of the band's musical ideas together in really strong compositions. Essentially a grab-bag of free jazz pieces interspersed with Middle Eastern musical influences, the album drifts at points towards a sort of electronic raga-rock, but by and large leaves me cold. Overall, it comes across as a loose jam, and considering that improv albums aren't uncommon in Krautrock it might actually be one, but I can think of many superior examples of the form - including Dzyan's two previous albums.