|
Ground Monkeys / Mouthus / DOSDEDOS / Tan as Fuck
Split 7"
Heat
Retention Records
Genres: experimental, free improv
Heat Retention
63 N.3rd St. #407
Brooklyn NY 11211
July 25 - 31 2005 |
This four-way split is a neat artifact from experimental microlabel
Heat Retention Records. This is a very inaccessible release, but
it houses some really neat music. Ground Monkeys takes us
for a trip on the abrasive atmospheric highway, creating a dense,
suffocating sound sculpture that I think is the record's best
moment. I love the title: "Succulent Crabs For
Sale." Mouthus follows up with a slightly more
rhythmic track, making use of audible guitar and percussion to a
hypnotic, droney effect. They had an album out on Ecstatic Peace
awhile ago, which should give you an indication of where they fit in
on the musical map. DOSDEDOS, which is a Heat Retention
exclusive act, starts off side B with some neat free jazz; Brian
Osborne tackles percussion while Lathan Hardy performs sax
squalls and incoherent scat vocals. Tan As Fuck has
releases out on Audiobot and Breathmint, and their contribution is a
free improv track not far off from DOSDEDOS' piece, but with Angela
Messina's freakish guitar "playing" in the
foreground. This split-7" offers only a snippet of each act
for consumption, but it's some damn fine stuff.
80%
Matt Shimmer [Vitals:
4 tracks, distributed by the
label, released 2005] |
