Dan Webb - Things Rise and Fall (feat. Logan Kane)

​Dan Webb

Things Rise and Fall (feat. Logan Kane)
self-released; 2026

​​By Dino DiMuro
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"Things Rise And Fall" is the second single from Lion Dance, the forthcoming fifth album from acclaimed Australian producer and composer Dan Webb, described as "an uptempo, cinematic wall of sound."

As a musical artist Webb has been called a "psychedelic fusionist, blending jazz, rock and electronic music into kaleidoscopic, ever-shifting sonic journeys." I've never heard the term "psychedelic fusionist" and also haven't heard too many things like this, unless I accidentally play two different tracks from different artists at one time! Webb's music feels both carefully constructed and improvised simultaneously, a bit like the late great Material.

These tracks and the upcoming Lion Dance album feature musicians who've collectively worked with Prince, David Bowie, Radiohead, Thundercat and the Rolling Stones, making this "Webb's most internationally collaborative work to date." Aside from Webb on keys and guitar, we have L.A. Jazz prodigy Logan Kane (bass), Clive Deamer (drums), Nate Werth (percussion) and Stevie Blacke (strings). These songs are instrumentals but thematically they draw on Webb's relocation from Melbourne to Singapore in 2023. He cautions that his music is "Not for everyone. For the ones who get it" mirroring a quote from the book Steppenwolf: "Not for everybody. For madmen only."


"Things Rise and Fall" starts with a snappy beat and slightly-detuned keys searching for a tonal center, quickly joined by Logan Kane on bass. I was wondering why Kane got special mention, and now I know: his rapid-fire bass inventions power this track the same way Jaco Pastorius did with Weather Report. The music is accessible while also causing astonishment at the many layers of hyperactive keyboards and strings. 

"Hungry Ghosts" is a two-minute track that features Clive Deamer's drums in the foreground, with Webb and Dennis Hamm jamming along on keys and Bob Lanzetti on electric guitar. This track is dense and inventive like the best jams by Frank Zappa, with thick walls of phase and echo taking us to a totally different dimension. When it ended so quickly I had to wonder if it was really just a jam fragment released as a song, but it has racked up an impressive number of plays for a one-off!

I would consider this two-track single both an introduction to Dan Webb and a foretaste of the upcoming "Lion Dance" album, and highly recommend keeping Webb in your sights!​

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