Gigantomachia
Jazz
| Jul 2009
Reviews
Fo
Reviewed 2009-09-06
Reviewed 2009-09-06
THE NAKED FUTURE: Gigantomachia
ESP-Disk’, 2009
NOISE JAZZ – Mad, aggressive quartet featuring Bay Area pianist Thollem McDonas alongside guys from the Portland scene (clarinets, amped acoustic bass and drums). Explosive energy channeled into narrow-beam group improvisation and tightly coordinated acrobatics, many dynamic and textural shifts. Very good stuff if this is your thing.
* * * * | Fo’s picks: 2, 3, excerpts from 1
1. 19:17 – fast: spinning wheels and repeated phrases, jackhammering rhythms, acrid clarinet wails and low tones, sawing bass, dramatic piano, sustained drum energy, drops to quiet passages or sudden silence every few minutes, then builds back up. The silences (at approx 3:25 & 11:00 ) make good start/stop points for excerpts.
2. 4:35 – quiet, spacious intro: floating tinkly piano, strained clarinet… then it blows up. Group slash & burn for a while, peters out, storms back
3. 9:43 – first half: stabbing/crushing piano, squealing bass & clarinet; middle section: slow, open; second half energetic with big rolling drums
4. 6:07 – spinning, disorienting: repetitive piano riffs spar with loud clattering drums, clarinet screeches, bass groans
5. 2:06 – slooow and quiet, very spacious
[ Fo ] 09/06/09
ESP-Disk’, 2009
NOISE JAZZ – Mad, aggressive quartet featuring Bay Area pianist Thollem McDonas alongside guys from the Portland scene (clarinets, amped acoustic bass and drums). Explosive energy channeled into narrow-beam group improvisation and tightly coordinated acrobatics, many dynamic and textural shifts. Very good stuff if this is your thing.
* * * * | Fo’s picks: 2, 3, excerpts from 1
1. 19:17 – fast: spinning wheels and repeated phrases, jackhammering rhythms, acrid clarinet wails and low tones, sawing bass, dramatic piano, sustained drum energy, drops to quiet passages or sudden silence every few minutes, then builds back up. The silences (at approx 3:25 & 11:00 ) make good start/stop points for excerpts.
2. 4:35 – quiet, spacious intro: floating tinkly piano, strained clarinet… then it blows up. Group slash & burn for a while, peters out, storms back
3. 9:43 – first half: stabbing/crushing piano, squealing bass & clarinet; middle section: slow, open; second half energetic with big rolling drums
4. 6:07 – spinning, disorienting: repetitive piano riffs spar with loud clattering drums, clarinet screeches, bass groans
5. 2:06 – slooow and quiet, very spacious
[ Fo ] 09/06/09
Recent airplay
We Boil The Raven's Skull Into Gold
Seven Step Pyramid Program in Pyramid Schemes — Nov 10, 2009
We Sleep In A Rabbit Hole
No Fo, $5 Surcharge Fee — Nov 06, 2009
We Boil The Raven's Skull Into Gold
Memory Select — Oct 27, 2009
We Fly Beneath And Above The Flux
Memory Select — Oct 20, 2009
We Boil The Raven's Skull Into Gold
Music Casserole — Oct 17, 2009
We Binge On A Bloodthirsty God
Memory Select, guest Aram Shelton — Oct 13, 2009
Charting
2009-09-13 — 2009-11-15
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Nov 15 | 1 |
| Nov 8 | 1 |
| Nov 1 | 1 |
| Oct 25 | 1 |
| Oct 18 | 2 |
| Sep 27 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | We Binge On A Bloodthirsty God | ||
| 2. | We Boil The Raven's Skull Into Gold | ||
| 3. | We Engage The Monstrous With Our Mirrors | ||
| 4. | We Fly Beneath And Above The Flux | ||
| 5. | We Sleep In A Rabbit Hole |