Myspace Image HelpDog Soup is a band led by trumpeter Robbie Robson, with John Turville on Rhodes/Fx, Johnny Brierley on Bass and Tim Giles on Drums. They are an increasingly unified group that explores original material in the spirit of Miles Davis's 1970s album 'Bitches Brew'. The band revisit the seething electronic stew that constituted the music of the 1970's free jazz/rock scene, blurring the distinctions between gritty, dark grooves, electronic sounds, loops and samples and free group improvisation.
"Bitches Brew or 'electric-Miles' music continues to attract admirers wishing to explore the musical territory opened up in that period by the great protean innovator; one of the most considered and musicianly of such projects, Dog Soup, weave Robson compositions and Miles-related material (on this occasion Wayne Shorter's 'Sanctuary' and the title-track from the above-named album) seamlessly into mesmeric excursions propelled by Giles's rustling, probing drums, but also featuring electronica, processed trumpet (utilising delays, echo effects etc.), alternately rattling and floating electric keyboards and hypnotic bass. Robson himself sets the tone: such music can all too easily become a self-indulgent, sprawling free-for-all, but he takes things slowly, carefully layering the band sound, and injecting just the right amount of tension into proceedings by reserving his spearing trumpet playing for genuine climaxes that are consequently earned rather than appearing by rote. The result is a fascinating confection that draws a great deal from such albums as In a Silent Way and Jack Johnson, but which incorporates just enough Robson material to render it original and personal. A fine evening's music from a band to watch."
Chris Parker, The Times