★★★★★
Este trabajo debería haberse titulado Blind Movies (Películas ciegas), según confiesa el propio guitarrista en el texto de presentación del disco. Hubiese sido un gran acierto, a pesar del oxímoron al que remite. Y es que el recorrido por estas piezas ?todos de la autoría de Marc Ribot, salvo el estándar Sous le Ciel de Paris? sugiere imágenes de mayor calado visual que muchos de los filmes que llegan a nuestras pantallas...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2011-06-13
★★★★★
Marc Ribot's Silent Movies doesn't actually remind me of silent movies at all. The musical scores were, obviously, a major aspect of the silent era of film. They worked similarly to modern film scores in that they reflected (or paralleled) the mood of the images on the screen, but their role in the silent era was perhaps an enhanced one. They even served as an indicator of where the movie was from. Hollywood was milked with late romantic motifs and syrupy strings (some things don't change)...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2011-02-21
★★★★★
Marc Ribot Silent Movies Pi Recordings 2010 Amidst all the guitar heroes, face-melters and shred lords, Marc Ribot has risen to prominence as one of the more distinctive players. Well-versed in punk, New Orleans, soul-jazz, metal, down-home roots music, the avant-garde and just about everything else in the musical kitchen sink, Ribot taps into a brash mix of energy and humor that allows him to toy lovingly with tradition and genre...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2011-01-31
★★★★★
In a world positively overstuffed with guitarists, Marc Ribot stands out. It's not necessarily because of his technical abilities, but because he can squeeze more feeling out of the three notes that make up "Hot Cross Buns" than most young hotshots can out of a complicated Bach fugue. It's been a long career for Ribot--over 20 years as a solo artist at this point, and deriving longevity from simplicity is no game for weaklings...
- www.popmatters.com
2011-01-20
★★★★★
Marc Ribot's Silent Movies doesn't actually remind me of silent movies at all. The musical scores were, obviously, a major aspect of the silent era of film. They worked similarly to modern film scores in that they reflected (or paralleled) the mood of the images on the screen, but their role in the silent era was perhaps an enhanced one. They even served as an indicator of where the movie was from. Hollywood was milked with late romantic motifs and syrupy strings (some things don't change)...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2011-01-03
★★★★★
This exceptional, eccentric guitarist has traced a slow evolution from screamer to dreamer. In the '80s, his band Shrek were as ugly and confrontational as a group of armed Tea Partiers. But over the course of many albums as a leader and gigs as a sideman (which included sessions for Alison Krauss & Robert Plant's Raising Sand, T Bone Burnett's The True False Identity, and the Black Keys' Attack and Release), he's become a melodic architect and moody sonic experimenter of the first order...
- thephoenix.com
2010-11-08
★★★★★
In a world positively overstuffed with guitarists, Marc Ribot stands out. It's not necessarily because of his technical abilities, but because he can squeeze more feeling out of the three notes that make up "Hot Cross Buns" than most young hotshots can out of a complicated Bach fugue. It's been a long career for Ribot—over 20 years as a solo artist at this point, and deriving longevity from simplicity is no game for weaklings...
- www.popmatters.com
2010-10-25
★★★★★
Marc Ribot's mind is always leaping forward to embrace the next idea. In conversation, his responses exude equal measures of reflection and spontaneity; he addresses each statement and answers each question thoughtfully, but it seems that he's already considering subjects that haven't yet been raised. His music is similarly diverse. Whatever ensemble he employs, and in whatever style he plays, unpredictability is a major component of his M.O...
- dustedmagazine.com
2010-10-01
★★★★★
John Zorn El General Tzadik 2009 Marco Cappelli Italian Doc Remix Itinera 2008 Marc Ribot has an unusual combination of talents: a strong musical personality and an ability to give himself wholly to the realization of another musician's project. Perhaps it's most evident in his copious recordings with John Zorn including such projects as Electric Masada and The Dreamers...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2010-08-20