Post by MoG on Jul 7, 2006 9:34:49 GMT
Over the course of the '90s, the Boredoms made the kind of swirling, psychotic free-metal frenzy of burps, fuzz, punk and spittle beloved to 'shrooming Sonic Youth fans but few others. In 1998 the shifting members of the Japanese collective harnessed their primal urges and delivered an epic album of freak-out hymns to being and chaos. Super Are's seven songs abandoned "instruments" like "penis," "tennis" and "assmouth" in favor of tape loops, synthesizers and lots and lots of drums. It took patience to find, but like the anarchistic funk and acid-fried jamming of '70s fusion jazz and Kraut rock, there was uplifting life energy pulsing within its turmoil.
Vision Creation Newsun continues with eight psychedelic paeans to the infinite wonder of every golden dawn. Intense cycles of drumming bleed throughout, aggressively interrupted by warm sheets of guitar noise, vocodered invocations to solar flares and sputtering electronic effects. It's cosmic-slop trance music powered by punk turbines, using turntables and guitars in compositions befitting both dreadlocked vagabond monks and psychotropic hip-hop seers.
The Rebore remix CDs are freeform DJ mixes pulling from the Boredoms' massive back catalog. UNKLE's "Dysfunctional Monster Jam," 46 minutes of thumping Bore-hop frenzy, is an enjoyable, hysterical ride and probably the most accessible thing that will ever emerge from their camp. Ken Ishii's 50-minute long "Unidentified Freaked-Up Outsteppers" is essential if you're a Borehead, but an overdose if not. DJ Krush is expected to deliver the third volume shortly. All three remix CDs are limited in quantity and prohibitively expensive: Perhaps someday technological innovations like the Internet will enable a forum where collector-oriented music like this will be made available to curious fans worldwide.
Boredoms - Rebore Vol 1-3[/u]
Vol 1 - Unkle
Vol 2 - Ken Ishii
Vol 3 - DJ Krush
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Boredoms - Rebore Vol 0[/u]
Rebore Vol. 0 (subtitled "Vision Recreation") is Eye’s remix of Vision Creation Newsun, and helps make the case that Boredoms are one of the great bands of the rock era. It follows the track order from VCN, so anyone familiar with that album should be fine – not that chronology has ever been a major player in Boredoms’ music.
Once airborne, we are offered any number of puffy, articulate hors d'oeuvres, courtesy of Seiichi Yamamoto’s guitar and subtle synth. Eye’s remix tends to favor what seemed superficial on Newsun. Most of the pounding percussion has been removed and remodeled to suit the aims of the new breed: reverb, flange, delay, the cut and pasted – in short, the electronic and altered rather than anything natural. This may be my only complaint with the album; chiefly that while I always enjoy a good trip over the moon, a little earthbound warmth might have been nice.
Elsewhere, we have intrusive drum machines making waste of whatever seams had been left untouched. In another corner is acoustic guitar and light cymbal, left to dry in the sun as if Pro Tools had never happened. I thought I heard a baby in there somewhere, but I’m sure Eye wouldn’t subject an infant to this kind trip lest it come back older than Einstein. Despite the fact that the tracks here are broken up (unlike VCN’s continuous program), the arc of the journey is intact, and anyone who gives an album like this half a chance will probably come out slightly changed.
Representative tracks
7: The album begins with something of a fanfare, but there are certainly no trumpets to announce the arrival of this ship. Something like looped war cries (it sounds like drummer/cutie Yoshimi, but you never know) resonate over whirlpool reverb and the future shock of congas spliced with dial tone hum. Phased guitars and maraca treatises come in and out of the mix, but over its almost 9-minute duration, the overwhelming feeling is of takeoff – like a rocket without a rudder, and the final frontier was nothing but a prologue. *Note - despite the title, this is not the same tune as on Super Roots 7.
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For Unkle fans/collectors, Volume 1 is well worth tracking down. The CD is still available on Amazon.com but it's a bit expensive.
The vinyl version is the one you really want - with amazing artwork and a beautiful gatefold sleeve.
for more information on The Boredoms, and their work check out this fan site www.boredoms.co.uk/
I hope this has been useful to you.
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Vision Creation Newsun continues with eight psychedelic paeans to the infinite wonder of every golden dawn. Intense cycles of drumming bleed throughout, aggressively interrupted by warm sheets of guitar noise, vocodered invocations to solar flares and sputtering electronic effects. It's cosmic-slop trance music powered by punk turbines, using turntables and guitars in compositions befitting both dreadlocked vagabond monks and psychotropic hip-hop seers.
The Rebore remix CDs are freeform DJ mixes pulling from the Boredoms' massive back catalog. UNKLE's "Dysfunctional Monster Jam," 46 minutes of thumping Bore-hop frenzy, is an enjoyable, hysterical ride and probably the most accessible thing that will ever emerge from their camp. Ken Ishii's 50-minute long "Unidentified Freaked-Up Outsteppers" is essential if you're a Borehead, but an overdose if not. DJ Krush is expected to deliver the third volume shortly. All three remix CDs are limited in quantity and prohibitively expensive: Perhaps someday technological innovations like the Internet will enable a forum where collector-oriented music like this will be made available to curious fans worldwide.
Boredoms - Rebore Vol 1-3[/u]
Vol 1 - Unkle
Vol 2 - Ken Ishii
Vol 3 - DJ Krush
Boredoms - Rebore Vol 0[/u]
Rebore Vol. 0 (subtitled "Vision Recreation") is Eye’s remix of Vision Creation Newsun, and helps make the case that Boredoms are one of the great bands of the rock era. It follows the track order from VCN, so anyone familiar with that album should be fine – not that chronology has ever been a major player in Boredoms’ music.
Once airborne, we are offered any number of puffy, articulate hors d'oeuvres, courtesy of Seiichi Yamamoto’s guitar and subtle synth. Eye’s remix tends to favor what seemed superficial on Newsun. Most of the pounding percussion has been removed and remodeled to suit the aims of the new breed: reverb, flange, delay, the cut and pasted – in short, the electronic and altered rather than anything natural. This may be my only complaint with the album; chiefly that while I always enjoy a good trip over the moon, a little earthbound warmth might have been nice.
Elsewhere, we have intrusive drum machines making waste of whatever seams had been left untouched. In another corner is acoustic guitar and light cymbal, left to dry in the sun as if Pro Tools had never happened. I thought I heard a baby in there somewhere, but I’m sure Eye wouldn’t subject an infant to this kind trip lest it come back older than Einstein. Despite the fact that the tracks here are broken up (unlike VCN’s continuous program), the arc of the journey is intact, and anyone who gives an album like this half a chance will probably come out slightly changed.
Representative tracks
7: The album begins with something of a fanfare, but there are certainly no trumpets to announce the arrival of this ship. Something like looped war cries (it sounds like drummer/cutie Yoshimi, but you never know) resonate over whirlpool reverb and the future shock of congas spliced with dial tone hum. Phased guitars and maraca treatises come in and out of the mix, but over its almost 9-minute duration, the overwhelming feeling is of takeoff – like a rocket without a rudder, and the final frontier was nothing but a prologue. *Note - despite the title, this is not the same tune as on Super Roots 7.
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For Unkle fans/collectors, Volume 1 is well worth tracking down. The CD is still available on Amazon.com but it's a bit expensive.
The vinyl version is the one you really want - with amazing artwork and a beautiful gatefold sleeve.
for more information on The Boredoms, and their work check out this fan site www.boredoms.co.uk/
I hope this has been useful to you.
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