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KEIJI HAINO / JIM O'ROURKE / OREN AMBARCHI : In the past only ge

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Format: CD [BT050]
Shipping Weight: 0.09lbs
Label: Black Truffle

2,280円

'Full title: In the past only geniuses were capable of staging the perfect crime (also known as a revolution) Today anybody can accomplish their aims with the push of the button. For its 50th release, Black Truffle presents the ninth album from one of the label's core ensembles, the power trio of Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke, and Oren Ambarchi. Drawn from a November 2015 performance at Tokyo's now-defunct SuperDeluxe, the record's opening piece drops us immediately into the maelstrom, abruptly cutting into an extended episode of Ambarchi's pummeling drums, O'Rourke's fuzzed-out six-string bass, and Haino's roaring guitar and electronics. Eventually settling into a hypnotic bass and drum groove over which Haino unleashes some almost Ray Russell-eque skittering atonal screech, these opening 13 minutes act as a potent reminder of the trio's power. Alongside showcasing the steady development of a unique language for the guitar-bass-drums power trio, the group's succession of releases over the last decade has demonstrated a constant experimentation with new instruments, which continues here with O'Rourke use of Hammond organ (played at the same time as his roaming, sometimes knotty basslines). On the album's second piece, the organ plays a key role, furnishing a harmonically rich shimmer over O'Rourke's angular six-string bass chords, Haino's distant, chirping electronics and Ambarchi's crisp cymbal work; arriving somewhere halfway between Albert Marcoeur and Terje Rypdal, this piece is undoubtedly a highlight in the trio's catalog so far. The second and third sides are slow-burning, multi-part epics that range from spacious reflection to furious tumult. Where the trio's previous double-LP set -- This Dazzling, Genuine "Difference" Now Where Shall It Go? (BT 030LP, 2017) -- was primarily instrumental in focus, here you find Haino's voice taking the spotlight on the expansive third side, intoning, wailing. and exhorting in Japanese and English over a backdrop that moves from hushed bass and organ atmospherics to rolling toms and cymbal crashes before arriving at an ecstatic finale of searing guitar, tumbling drums and reverb-saturated bass. The fourth side returns to the hypnotic grooves of the opening piece, fixing on a relentless riff and riding it into oblivion under Haino's roaming psychedelic soloing and jagged chordal slashes. Cover image by Traianos Pakioufakis; Live action pics by Ujin Matsuo. Mastered and cut by Rashad Becker at Dubplates & Mastering. LP design by Lasse Marhaug; gatefold sleeve.'

Tracklist
1 In The Past Only Geniuses Were Capable Of Staging The Perfect Crime (Also Known As A Revolution) Today Anybody Can Accomplish Their Aims With The Push Of The Button Part 1 13:46
2 Decorously Decorously Decorously Decorously Decorously Decorously Decorously Decorously Decorously Decorously To Make Something Beautiful And Then To Smash It Decorously 9:42
3 Head-on Collision If It Still Has Bones It Shall Move Forward (Which Is Different To Progress) 18:59
4 In The Past Only Geniuses Were Capable Of Staging The Perfect Crime (Also Known As A Revolution) Today Anybody Can Accomplish Their Aims With The Push Of The Button Part 2 17:51
5 I Always Walk Around With A "Tranquil Void" In My Pocket One That I May Pull Out At Any Given Moment 16:56

Credits
6-String Bass, Organ [Hammond] ? Jim O'Rourke
Cover [Cover Image By] ? Traianos Pakioufakis
Design [Sleeve Design By] ? Lasse Marhaug
Drums, Percussion, Flute ? Oren Ambarchi
Guitar, Electronics, Vocals [Vocal], Performer [More Decorous Than Duty] ? Keiji Haino
Liner Notes [Translations By] ? Alan Cummings
Mastered By ? Rashad Becker
Mixed By ? Joe Talia
Photography By [Live Pics By] ? Ujin Matsuo
Producer [Concert Produced By] ? Mike Kubeck
Recorded By ? Masahide Ando

Notes
Recorded live November 11, 2015 at SuperDeluxe, Tokyo.
Mixed March 2019 at Good Mixture, Tokyo.
Mastered May 2019 at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin.
Total time 77:42
Durations not on release