This is Violence and the Sacred
captured in their natural environment, improvising the hell out of a
bunch of tapes, guitars, violins, and various percussive devices, live
in Montreal in 1986. The guitars are very Derek Bailey-esque, searching
for a lost chord that never existed before, and failing; but finding the
right wrong notes. The tape plunderphonia is sometimes a bit obvious,
Captain Beefheart from Trout Mask Replica, and the “....Here is a man
who would not take it anymore”...... speech from Taxi Driver, as two
glaring examples. There are times when they achieve a cacophonic racket
that challenges the evil realms of good taste, to send the Henry and
Henrietta Normals running for the exits. This was the original intention
for the art of guitar abuse, scraping and scratching and squealing to
be free of outside controlling influences; and this is Free anti-music
that shuns convention. They sort of remind one of the legendary British
free improv noise combo AMM; which is a compliment indeed.
Track Listing:
Side A - 27:15
Side B - 26:11
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