This is almost a Candiria's release, as
we have Mike MacIvor and John LaMacchia on bass and guitar respectively,
and Camdiria's drummer Ken Schalk on keyboards; moreover the CD was
produced by Candiria at Brooklyn's Purple Light Studios. It also features
Thomas Cirillo on drums, Reginald Juste on percussion and vocalizations
and Helen Yee on violin.
"Blues for Armageddon" is hallucinated, spectral and
not too far from Halloween 3's soundtrack or some David Lynch's, thanks
to the alienated voice, the lazy advance, the guitar singing in delay,
and the several sound, guitar effects, making the song original, out
of the schemes, but it can make more than 9 minutes pass without realizing
it. "Richard Dreyfuss" is pure experimentation, has
suffused percussions, lots of malignant effects, some interventions
of distorted guitars for a few seconds and in others even some violins.
Hammering bongos on a winding bass are the main peculiarities of "That
Which Survives", in which the vocals are whispered from time
to time. A violin and synth solo follows later, then the atmosphere
becomes rarefied, then it is desertic until the end. Unexpectedly "Chaos
in the Middle of Perfectly Illogical Sense" is an instrumental
70's oriented rock composition, enriched by a completely upset keyboards
solo, and assorted effects and noises, while if you're looking for mere
improvisation, then select "Petrified Forrest", where
among the 4 main instruments, the guitar slowly cuts an important place
for itself, without ever sound invading; maybe the song may appear a
bit frayed. Soon afterwards we meet the hidden track, the darkest and
most twisted of the 6. The ideal situation in which to listen to this
album is when you're alone at dusk, and even if some mayn't agree with
me, I'd nort define it as noise, rather as pleasant experimentation
by daring musicians not afraid to display their most inner creativity,
wholly uncaring of charts, market rules or stuff. UP WITH FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MARKUS GANZHERRLICH - 19/03/03
Contacts:
www.candiria.com
www.lakeshore-records.com
