War Of The Roses, The

Solo project of one Josh Pollock, aka DJ Female Convict Scorpion. Guitar based experimental meanderings and layered loops, sounds, samples, all recorded live as part of a soundtrack to a production of The War of the Roses here in SF. The prowess of this guy never ceases to amaze, a master of interesting guitar-work and the ability to layer and dub in a live setting along with samples and other sources. This work takes on the subtlety of say a Tuxedo Moon experiment but at times breaks into some noise or even guitar wankery. Fantastic stuff, all tracks are mostly brief. Pollock has a very long local resume going back 26 years including collaborations with notables White Pee and Emily Jane White, as well as a near-regular on our annual Day of Noise and Weds Night Live programs. Great stuff.

1) (1:34) pensive with synth rhythm yet atmospheric 2) (1:45) dark with slow bass lines be 3) (1:12) rhythmic and cool 4) (1:42) rhythmic with bass string picking, an interesting tone that smacks of a middle eastern wind instrument appears that typifies most remaining tracks 5) (1:36) almost songlike toward end 6) (0:33) brief delay feedback 7)* (2:02) songlike with accessible looped chords 8) (0:29) brief chords 9)* (3:53) dark foreboding, midway dissonant loud chords and metal strumming appears 10) (2:43) quiet twang guitar 11) (1:17) dark industrial 12) (0:51) brief guitar w bursts 13) (0:46) atmospheric but harsh noise appears disturbing 14) (1:40) ambient 15) (1:04) dark ambient 16) (0:58) harsh noise guitar and tones, Van Halen on proper drugs 17) (0:47) quiet guitar 18)* (4:19) out of blue a silly bluesy rag, solo guitar with ambiance, great 19) (1:55) thunderstorm quality. 20) (2:29) pretty atmospheric tone and cinematic 21) (0:42) church organ at first then a boatload of samples of heated voices