Volcano
The Bear - Golden Rhythm / Ink Music (Rune
Grammofon)
Leicester’s experimental / improv heavyweights add to
their prolific output with what has been described as “a calculated hysterical
melting pot of This Heat, Robert Wyatt, Faust and The Residents, of musique
concrete and ethno-folk, all seen through a prism of theatrical improvisations
and unhinged set pieces.”
Eclectic, eccentric, bizarre and absurd are terms
that define their sound and are embraced with an apparent sense of humour. Recording
everything they do, most of the works presented are existing recordings that
are recontextualised by over dubbing and editing.
Either side of the brash and chaotic interlude of “Bravo”
and “Quiet Salad” and the aural equivalent of a car crash in reverse that is “Spurious
Ruga” drum and guitar interplay between Daniel Padden and Aaron Moore are
the driving force to which sonic embellishments are sewn. Terms of reference
and influence segue in and out of focus, whether its mariachi music, flamenco
hand claps, Morse code, slack tuned sitar, junkyard rhythms, sci-fi soundtracks
or appropriations of African thumb piano. “Baby Photos” is a deranged and
percussive highlight. Elsewhere “Golden Ink” has a kind ornithological
free-jazz essence akin to Basil Kirchin’s “Quantum” and “Fireman Show” is almost
a slow burning rocker. Wildly entertaining.
Willsk
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.