Label: Aguirre Records

何年にも渡り米国内をツアー、総勢20名程で変則的に活動するエクスペリメンタル即興集団Crazy Doberman。今や超人気作家となったAaron Dillowayも所属したWolf Eyesの中心人物John Olsonも参加するグループであり、その演奏形態はフリージャズ、リチュアル、ミュージックコンクレート、ファウンドサウンドが程よく崩壊し融合する雑多な音塊。本作はベルギーAguirre Recordsが手掛けた3rd LP[Two Tales Of Lost Witness Marks]。両サイド18分56秒に編集されたノンストップの長編録音を収録、鳴り響くモジュラーシンセのサイレンやらダビーなサウンド加工など、Wolf Eyes好きにもリーチするクールな要素が満載。ジャケットのコラージュワークはJohn Olsonによるもの。



Tim Gick's already-warped patchwork editing of the entire Crazy Doberman output thus far turns increasingly glitched out across the splattered quiltwork of a nine track LP on Aguirre. Any coherent sense of time departs early on the A-side; kicked off with the familiar sound of the Dobes' synth throb and Love-cry woodwinds on top of completely fried electric guitar squiggling, all suspended in spiritual foam; then battered to bits on the greasy flat top of the record's b-side.

Ringing modular synth sirens evoke alarmingly huge Southern watersnakes swimming on top of Oconee river. Total trip zone across two sides: brownouts in the sequence of events, dubby fadeouts, and bright jump cuts in space. Teases of cartoon barrlehouse tickling on the keys of a farmhouse piano and tape melt psychedelia. The recording session in Athens, Georgia was a total "CHUGFEST" recalls Frank Hurricane, the Appalachian juggalo folkie king, who joined the session with the Lafayette, Indiana crew. The presence of Hurricane's own "Life is Spiritual" mirth bulworks the record with a muddy, barefoot hippy hopefullness, steadying the log flume through the notcturnal psychic murk toward the holy morning dew. (J. Russ)

Personnel

Drew Davis
Paul Baldwin
Tim Gick
Michael Potter
Jason Filer
Jacob Sunderlin
John Olson
Frank Hurricane