| Black Music Disaster / Black Music Disaster |
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| Album: | Black Music Disaster | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Black Music Disaster | Added: | Jul 2012 | |
| Label: | Thirsty Ear Communication | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2012-10-21 | Pull Date: | 2012-12-23 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Dec 16 | Dec 2 | Nov 25 | Nov 11 | Nov 4 | Oct 28 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 12, 2012: | Meow After Midnight Black Music Disaster | 4. | Nov 07, 2012: | minimum entropy Black Music Disaster | |
| 2. | Nov 27, 2012: | Rebop Black Music Disaster | 5. | Nov 03, 2012: | Music Casserole Black Music Disaster | |
| 3. | Nov 21, 2012: | late night dryer Black Music Disaster | 6. | Oct 31, 2012: | Kalmex and the Riff Merchants Black Music Disaster |
| Album Review |
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| Be Sharp Reviewed 2012-10-13 | ||
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Matthew Shipp on organ puts this record in jazz, I suppose, but it could just as well be considered avant-garde or experimental. Shipp is joined by English guitarists J. Spaceman (of Spiritualized) and John Coxon (of Spring Heel Jack), and by drummer Steve Noble. This single piece - a long, free improvisation – was performed for a small audience in London. Organ dominates throughout; this is essentially an organ recital with accompaniment. Shipp’s little Farfisa has a thin, somewhat comic quality (unlike the mighty Hammond). All instrumental. No FCC issues. Begin with a mad-scientist, scary movie organ solo. At ~2:45 add loud pounding on drums & cymbals. At 3:30 go quiet for space music punctuated by bangs. At 4:20 a crescendo roll; guitars join. From ~4:30 to ~10:00 it’s pandemonium: forearms on the keyboard, wild guitars & drums, totally free. More scary movie organ, now with guitar. Something different from ~10:40: a hard, jazz-rock thing with discernible structure, rhythm and actual chords. Drumming is brilliant. By 12:30, there’s a good, steady, hard-driving groove. Something structured was created out of chaos. It slows down & softens from ~16:00 to ~19:00. There’s a spot in here where you could fade it out and quit. From ~20:00, much more noise from the guitars. It’s really loud again. From ~25:00 slower and quieter again: long, legato organ chords, noodling on guitars, light clanging on cymbals. By 28:00 short, choppy & staccato on organ with lots of guitar. After ~30:00 monotonous, pulsing chords with pitter-patter drumming. At 33:00, long chords with world-music drumming (e.g., tom toms). At 34:00, back to the pulsing, rhythmic chords now with straight-ahead rock drumming on the whole kit. From 35:00, slow way down and return to the amorphous chaos. The last 1:30 is one continuous chord on organ, then the thing just peters out. At the end, about five people politely clap. (38:18) | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Black Music Disaster | |||||