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Powerful improvisations.
Whereas the studio efforts from John Zorn and Yamataka Eye tend to be rather laid back affairs, teetering on ambient, this record is not. Recorded during the now legendary September 2003 month of Zorn shows at Tonic, Zorn (alto sax) and Eye (vocals, electronics), joined by technician Sawai Taeji (who I'm guessing is responsible for much of the noise synthesis) and on one track, guitarist Fred Frith (who performed earlier that day) produce a record of abstract, noisy improvisation. <
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>Eye is pretty heavily immersed in electronics, at times it sounds like he's running his voice into some kind of synth because the sound has a largely humanistic shape to it, although at times its the sort of standard Eye ranting, bleating, screaming, rambling gig. Zorn is all over, as he often is during the duet sets from the birthday shows, pulling out all sorts of elements from his seemingly endless bag of tricks. Of particular power is the second track ("M.S.T.G.L.") and the piece that adds Frith ("Sun See Soon"), both really reach levels of extraordinary heights. <
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>This is not an album for those not familiar with Zorn's sort of improvisational forms, while more often than not, there is a strong structure here, its not likely to be the sort of thing most people are used to hearing. Still, for those interested in this sort of thing, this is a good record.