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Slipcue, CD Review >>
Kooky stuff from the Russian avant-rock ensemble known as Auktyon. This disc leaps from indecipherable space-folk and the fusion-y atmospherics of songs such as "Tam-dam" to louder, harsher experimental "difficult listening" that would make the Japan-noise crowd curl their toes with orgasmic happiness. This album features contributions from American jazz modernists and avantniks such as guitarist Marc Ribot and trumpeter Frank London of the Klezmatics. John Medeski adds plenty of driving, surging organ riffs, buoying the playful, exhortatory Russian vocals, and lends a strong prog-fusion feel that blends well with the band's densely rendered Plastic People-y art-rock, with hints of the chaotic hijinks of the modern Balkan brass bands. A few tunes are softer, such as the halting, acoustic-based "Zhdat" and the epic, Chick Corea-ish "Girls Sing," which closes the album out. The wilder numbers have a distinctive sense of abandon -- clearly this album, which was recorded live in a small studio in New York, was a lot of fun to make. It certainly won't be everyone's cup of tea, but for folks with a penchant for out-there music, it'll be a blast. Definitely worth checking out!
By Joe Sixpack 03/19/08 >> go there
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