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EEMN Auricle AMCDR 233 53'15" CD-R £8.00 + p&p 1.
Just A Simple
Malfunction 10'41" Original
release: Recording
history: This
reissue: Richard Franecki: guitar, Danelectro bass, Buchla 200 synth, ARP
Odessey, Mirage sampler, assorted pedals & processing. review... To quote Hadley "it was done through the mail over a
period of three years. (!) Each of us
created some basic tracks, and mailed them to the other to overdub and
process at will. So some pieces started with just a drum track, others with
just guitar or synth or a combination. One by one, each piece was then sent
back again to the originator, and we continued this process back and forth
until one of us was satisfied that the piece felt complete. If the other
agreed, that was it! "A Scavenging of Echoes" is one which had no
overdubs added on my end because I thought Richard's original track was
perfect as it was! I did my end at Mother West Studios and I have to guess
that Richard did his at home..." web reviews... Richard Franecki & Hadley Kahn - "Eemn" (Slippy Town 2004, SLIPT025, CDR) Now here's a collaboration from a couple of space rock
titans. Richard Franecki is the guitarist and efx meister of F/i and
Vocokesh, and Hadley Kahn is the drummer with avant-space/kraut/prog rockers
Escapade. Released on the Slippy Town label, Eemn consists of all
instrumental, jamming, droning and totally cosmic space rock. "Just A
Simple Malfunction" opens the set with nearly 11 minutes of freaked out
free-improv space noodlings. About halfway through the track the duo start to
rock out, setting a steady rhythmic pace, but the alien crashing, banging,
bleeping and burping never lets up. It's mind-bending and ominous... cosmic
and haunting... all at the same time. Another lengthy standout track is
"Be Careful What You Look For", a tripped out slab of space chaos
that bubbles, drones and howls. I love the mixture of intense atmospherics,
dark, droning space rock and primordial stew of efx. This sucker builds
slowly over its 11 minute length, culminating in a dense lysergic explosion.
"Diagnosis" is a cool tune that is both jazzy and angelic, with a
funereal atmosphere... a total experimental sound-art space collage. There
are also a few shorter tracks that explore territory similar to the lengthier
jams, the most interesting one being "Fragment 6", a short avant
space rocker with an oddball rhythmic pace that will send you tumbling off
balance. But my hands down favorites of the set are "Licorice &
Lime" and "Eddie's Other Hallucination", both featuring
intense, jamming, heavy psychedelic space rock, the former having a cool
droning Eastern vibe. Totally tripped out shit!!! In summary, this is an excellent set that fans of
improvisational DEEP in the cosmos space rock will enjoy, and will of course
be a must have for F/i, Vocokesh and Escapade fans. This is part of the
Slippy Town CDR series and is limited to a mere 125 copies. They only want a
measly $8 for it so dash over now and get your copy before they're all gone. review by Jerry Kranitz from Aural Innovations
(July 2004)
on YouTube... 20 copy numbered first edition - released 3/1/2017 |
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