Macroscope (album)

2014 studio album by The Nels Cline Singers

Macroscope

Studio album by

The Nels Cline Singers

Released| April 29, 2014 (2014-04-29)
Recorded| January 2014
Genre| Rock, jazz
Length| 58:29
Label| Mack Avenue
MAC1085
Producer| Nels Cline, David Breskin
The Nels Cline Singers chronology
| Initiate
(2010)  | Macroscope
(2014)  |

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Nels Cline chronology
| Room
(2014)  | Macroscope
(2014)  | Accidental Sky
(2015)

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Macroscope is the fifth album by The Nels Cline Singers led by American guitarist Nels Cline which was released in April 29, 2014 on the Mack Avenue label.[1]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [2]
The Guardian| [3]
All About Jazz| [4]
Premier Guitar| [5]

The Allmusic review by Sean Westergaard awarded the album 4 stars out of 5, stating "while the Nels Cline Singers may have a new bass player and a new label, fortunately their sound has not changed. They're still making some of the most interesting, adventurous, genre-smashing music of the early 21st century. Guitar nerds need to check this out, but it's got wider appeal than that too".[2] The Guardian's John Fordham rated the album 3 stars out of 5, saying, "Macroscope is a blast through warped Latin music, Hendrix freakouts, double-taking George Bensonian smoothness, electronica and grunge".[3] Writing for All About Jazz, Matt Marshall stated "Since this is a Nels Cline album there are, of course, guitar solos of blistering beauty. But these moments are but part of an organic progression of an ever- roiling music, a highly reactive science experiment that might generate searing fuzz guitar from undulating beats ("Red Before Orange") or rise in a back-spinning psychedelic echo ("The Wedding Band") that replicates into an annihilating vortex of amplified noise".[4] Premier Guitar's Jason Shadrick noted "This isn’t easy music to get into—and it’s not supposed to be. Cline’s musical trick bag is always surprising, but never excessive".[5] Paste Magazine's Robert Ham called it "one of the best jazz releases of the year to date".[6]

## Track listing

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All compositions by Nels Cline.

1. "Companion Piece" - 5:37
2. "Canales' Cabeza" - 4:23
3. "Respira" - 4:19
4. "Red Before Orange" - 4:11
5. "The Wedding Band" - 8:18
6. "Macroscopic (For Kusama-San)" - 4:01
7. "Climb Down" - 3:20
8. "Seven Zed Heaven" - 11:16
9. "Hairy Mother" - 7:10
10. "Sascha's Book of Frogs" - 5:54

## Personnel

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The Nels Cline Singers

* Nels Cline – guitar, vocals, effects, drum programming
* Trevor Dunn – bass, effects
* Scott Amendola – drums, percussion, electronics, mbira

Additional musicians

* Cyro Baptista – percussion
* Yuka Honda – electric piano, synthesizer
* Josh Jones – congas, percussion
* Zeena Parkins – harp

## References

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1. ^ Crypotogramaphone album entry, accessed August 14, 2014
2. ^ a b Westergaard, Sean. "Macroscope - Nels Cline Singers". Allmusic.com. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
3. ^ a b Fordham, John (April 11, 2014). "Nels Cline Singers: Macroscope". theguardian.com. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
4. ^ a b Marshall, Matt (March 8, 2014). "Nels Cline Singers: Macroscope". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
5. ^ a b Shadrick, Jason (April 2, 2014). "The Nels Cline Singers MACROSCOPE album review". premierguitar.com. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
6. ^ Ham, R., The Nels Cline Singers: Macroscope Review, Paste, April 15, 2014

* v
* t
* e

Nels Cline

Studio albums|

* Angelica (1988)
* The Inkling (2000)
* Destroy All Nels Cline (2001)
* New Monastery (2006)
* Coward (2009)
* Dirty Baby (2010)
* Lovers (2016)
* Currents, Constellations (2018)
* Consentrik Quartet (2025)

Collaboration albums|

* The Gowanus Session [with William Parker & Thollem McDonas] (2012)
* Woodstock Sessions Vol. 2 [with Medeski, Martin & Wood] (2014)
* Room [with Julian Lage] (2014)
* Accidental Sky [with White Out] (2015)

Live albums|

* The Veil (2011)

Nels Cline Trio|

* Silencer (1992)
* Ground (1995)
* Chest (1996)
* Sad (1998)
* Hold It Under a Faucet 7″ (2002)

The Nels Cline Singers|

* Instrumentals (2002)
* The Giant Pin (2004)
* Draw Breath (2007)
* The Celestial Septet (2008) [with Rova Saxophone Quartet]
* Initiate (2010)
* Macroscope (2014)

Floored by Four|

* Floored by Four (2010)

Big Walnuts Yonder|

* Big Walnuts Yonder (2017)

Related articles|

* Discography
* Scott Amendola
* Alex Cline
* Trevor Dunn
* Devra Hoff
* Mike Watt
* Wilco

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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