Released 1996 (1996) Release date 1996 | Length 73:59 Heavy Machinery(1996) Sonic Winter(1997) Label Heptagon | |
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Studio Starec Studios in Växjö; Moon Path in Sweden; The Brewery in North County, San Diego; 71st Street Recording in New York City Artists Allan Holdsworth, Jens Johansson, Anders Johansson, Anders Johansson, Jens Johansson and Allan Holdsworth Similar Wardenclyffe Tower, None Too Soon, The Things You See, Hard Hat Area, Velvet Darkness | ||
Heavy Machinery is a collaborative studio album by guitarist Allan Holdsworth, keyboardist Jens Johansson and drummer Anders Johansson, released in 1996 through Heptagon Records (Sweden), and on 12 August 1997 through Shrapnel Records (United States) and Pony Canyon (Japan).
Contents
Confusingly, on the album's European/U.S. release, "Macrowaves" is made up of complete silence after 2:51, with an additional improvised "filler" keyboard and drum solo by the Johanssons at 23:46. On the Japanese release, "Macrowaves" only comprises the first part as normal without any silence; the silence has instead been moved to the bonus track, "The Moose Are Marching", where it fills the space from 7:59 to 20:45, after which the latter keyboard solo from "Macrowaves" ends the album.
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Critical reception
John W. Patterson at AllMusic gave Heavy Machinery three stars out of five, but described the album positively as "unforgettable fireworks of furious fusion" and "great jazz-rock fusion". He praised all three musicians for their intense playing, in particular comparing Holdsworth and Jens Johansson's jamming to the duo of guitarist Jeff Beck and keyboardist Jan Hammer, but remarked that the album is "just more intriguing than those Hammer/Beck excursions."
Track listing
All music composed by Jens Johansson.
Personnel
Songs
1Joint Ventures5:49
2Beef Cherokee4:03
3On the Frozen Lake4:52