Ekoms Top has been jamming together for over five years, yet only a hand full of people even know who they are. Started in late 2001 in Litchfield, CT by three close musician friends, there was never an agenda or a note written down. Because of this fact the music frequently takes on a life of its own and very often culminates into spectacular waves of energy and sound. Thankfully every jam session has been recorded and archived, many of which can be found on the bands web site www.ekomstop.com and listened to for free on the streaming server that the band has set up.

Like many jam bands, Ekoms Tops influences include the Grateful Dead, Frank Zappa, Medeski Martin and Wood and the Mahavishnu Orchestra. The one thing that may separate Ekoms Top from many jam bands is the fact that they very rarely play cover tunes. In fact, every song that is streamed from their web site is completely original. In some cases its hard to believe that these songs were not worked out ahead of time and in others there is no question about it. The one thing the listener should keep in mind when tuning into this psychedelic jam band is to listen for a minimum of fifteen minutes. Many of the songs have swooping lulls that build up to hard core, in your face almost heavy metal sections that will make you forget that you are listening to an experimental jam band that never rehearsed that intense jam you just heard.

The fact that this jam band records so many hours of music is the reason you can literally listen to their music for hours on end on their web site without ever hearing a tune twice. There are probably only a handful of musicians who actually have this much of a recorded archive. There also exists only two or three names to any of the songs that are on the streaming server. Most songs are simply numbers, which is when the song was originally recorded. This can be a bit frustrating as far as remembering what particular tune you liked.

I can see the Ekoms Top jam band gaining a huge following in the coming year simply because they are bringing the good old in your face jamming art back to life with some of the most creative jamming you have ever heard. Visit Ekoms Top Jam Band web site to check out their tunes.

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