Romus, Rent / Lords Of Outland / Thee Unhip
Album: Thee Unhip   Collection:Jazz
Artist:Romus, Rent / Lords Of Outland   Added:Nov 2012
Label:9 Winds Records  

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Add Date: 2012-11-11 Pull Date: 2013-01-13 Charts: Jazz
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Recent Airplay
1. Jan 18, 2013: Rebop
Temple Of Dolphy
4. Dec 08, 2012: Music Casserole
Tropic Of Quasimodo
2. Jan 09, 2013: Memory Select
If Ornette Grew Cacti
5. Dec 06, 2012: minimum entropy ii
Dedication To Lake Kraken Of Titan Off The Shores Of Saturn
3. Dec 29, 2012: Music Casserole
Dedication To Lake Kraken Of Titan Off The Shores Of Saturn
6. Nov 27, 2012: Rebop
Tropic Of Quasimodo

Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2012-11-10
RENT ROMUS’ LORDS OF OUTLAND: Thee Unhip
9 Winds, 2012

FREE JAZZ / EXPERIMENTAL – The latest from this Bay Area improv outfit blends raucous free jams with creepy, electronic-laced sci-fi soundscapes. There’s plenty of gristle in this group to begin with, and the electronics spin them off balance and into utterly bizarre realms.

Experimental fans try any. Fo’s Picks: 2, 3, 4, 7, 9

1. 3:47 – pulsating intro, then freewheeling trumpet/sax solos over fast rhythm
2. 5:57 – a low, creepy crawl with dark electronic swirls under the sax
3. 5:58 – weird improv with horn vocalizations, robot squeaks, big surge & fall
4. 5:11 – slow, starts like a hall of mirrors, gets into crunchy spinning improv
5. 3:47 – jabbing sax/electronics vs trumpet squeak & whine, peters out
6. 4:36 – a wall of steel wool: harsh electronic haze and chattering squeals
7. 5:34 – dissonant horns in a bubbling maze, gets bouncy/insistent/marching
8. 4:57 – riffing avant-jazz theme falls into free wander over hyper percussion
9. 6:14 – slow sax/bass roam through a world of annoying, buzzing electronics
10. 9:24 – tweaky electronic soundscape; alien sax fanfare; speedy improv

[ Fo ] - 10 November 2012

Track Listing
1. If Ornette Grew Cacti   6. Spaceway Transport
2. The Blind Dead Ride Again   7. Tropic Of Quasimodo
3. Panic Of The Plutarcs   8. Temple Of Dolphy
4. Get Hit   9. Jellied Pighead
5. Sledge Of Hedge   10. Dedication To Lake Kraken Of Titan Off The Shores Of Saturn