Album Review: The Dryad from IFIHADAHIFI (If I Had A Hi-Fi)
Album: The Dryad Artist: IFIHADAHIFI Label: Naked Muse Website: nakedmuse.net It's no secret that Melbourne, Australia’s long bursts of lockdowns, the world’s longest as it turned out, had incarcerated and frustrated a great many people. Composer and keyboardist Gideon Frankel used the solitary time to peruse the stockpile of experiences he accumulated in his memory, and concentrate on crafting introspective and imaginative creations. His refreshing hybrid of styles found on The Dryad , the new release from his ensemble If I Had A Hi-Fi, a palindrome, seamlessly fuses influences steep in jazz, Latin, world, folk, classical, reggae, and blues, producing a sonic atmosphere built from multiple cultural perspectives and characteristics. Evocative, penetrative, enchanting, and so uplifting that listeners feel like they are floating above the melodies, Frankel heightens the sensory channels. The feathery flutters of flutist Jamichael Frazier paint every track in stimu...