Dans Dans are a Belgian instrumental jazz-rock/psychedelic rock trio, who have released quite a few critically acclaimed albums through the years. Their latest album ''Sand'' came out only very recently, and it once again packs some pretty interesting material. The album essentially follows the same path as their previous ones, as it packs a mixture of rather mellow and melodic jazz-rock, as well as some noisier psych rock songs among the mix.
The first song on this fine album is titled ''TV Dreams'', and it offers a pretty interesting mixture of rather murky and mellow jazz-rock with something that can be compared to bands like the Israeli outfit Eyal Maoz's Edom. This essentially means that the track has a sort of Jewish music or Middle-Eastern vibe to it in certain parts, while in other parts the track works something like Deep Purple's ''Child In Time''. The second track ''Feline'' offers some more murky jazz-rock with interesting bass lines, and some echoing/reverbing guitar sounds throughout the track. ''Chi Mai'' starts off in a similar bluesy jazz-rock way. Reminding to me some old Soviet era film scores for some reason. The Fourth track ''Close Your Eyes'' has a bassline that feels like lurking footsteps somewhere in the American Wild West near the Mexican border. Lurking footsteps around a road where an ambush will soon take place, and what better track for a soundtrack of an ambush than ''Vluchtheuvel'', that packs some mesmerizing and darkened heavy psych. The track offers some far-out guitar solos, as well as a commanding forward propelling bassline, and a thorough drum section, and thus it is definitely the best track on this particular album. ''Remnant of a Dream'' on the other hand moves back to the murky jazz rock realm, and sounds like a relaxing piece after the previous volatile track, while the following track ''Cargo'' offers some more up-beat tunes with its catchy bassline and fascinating krautrockish guitar section. The penultimate track ''Thieves'' on the other hand again feels like the movement of footsteps in a dark night, while the last track ''Rumour'' essentially packing the same kind of moods with its repetitive slow bassline, weird radio excerpts and occasional guitar creaks.
All in all ''Sand'' is a pretty interesting jazz rock/psychedelic rock album, and packs some murky slow jazz-rock, as well as some heavier noisy psychedelic rock parts, while even having some krautrockish bits to it. The album is definitely worth checking out for anyone who is into a mixture of jazz-rock and psych. As well as for those who dig some murky bluesy vibes.
Some related links:
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/Dans-Dans-Sand/release/9199864
Vluchtheuvel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6etkEDJgQJI
