Reviews - Spitz 21/3/06
Moov consists of an ensemble of genre-phobic artists who between them usually orbit the worlds of computer-based music, contemporary classical, jazz and film: they are electric bassist Pete Wilson, cellist Zoe Martlin, digital/electronics programmer Ben Jarlett, percussionist/vibraphonist Rob Millett, singer Olivia Chaney, Riley on keyboards and video projectionist Howie Bailey. Riley likes to compose phrases or sequences in his music that rise and fall like waves and then reach a momentary silence. Young hippy-chick singer Olivia Chaney - someone who has worked on the fringes of London’s F-IRE collective - joins the band for a large part of the two sets. Alongside Riley’s ambiguous ghostly synth patches, Millet’s minimal bell-like vibes and percussion, and Aphex Twin-influenced Jarlett’s well-placed subtle electronica the result often recalls the work of singer/songwriter David Sylvian and to a lesser extent Robert Wyatt. »more
Selwyn Harris (Jazzwize)
The Spitz, Old Spitalfields Market, London, March 21, 2006