The C.A. Quintet’s Trip Thru Hell is one of the most unique lp’s from the 60’s. I believe this was a small indie release, off the Candy Floss label, making it a very rare 1968/1969 release. Originals will set you back a pretty penny (possibly over $1,000) but are worth it considering the cd version does not recreate the classic backside of the lp.
The Trip was housed in a striking jacket, a collage depicting 3 people burning in hell. Ken Urwin was the mastermind behind this truly original acid concept album which chronicles the hells on earth. It’s an album that takes you into another world, another mind, and there are some deep acid excursions to behold. Prior to the lp, this Minneapolis band had released a few respectable though restrained garage rock singles. The title track is a 9 minute instrumental with a suprisingly effective phased drum solo, angelic choir-like background vocals, a prominent bass line, shimmering organ and some demented guitar distortion. Cold Spider has Ken Urwin screaming his lungs out over some nice whacked out raga leads and Hendrix-like feedback. The band employs a trumpet for Colorado, Sleepy Hollow Lane, Smooth As Silk, Trip Thru Hell (Part 2) and Underground Music, which are dark oddities but compelling highlights nonetheless. Be on the lookout for some killer guitar noise and funky, jiving wah-wah that begins a minute and a half into Underground Music.
Listening to this record may be an overwhelming experience for some, so in one sense it’s definitely an acquired taste. It’s pure psychedelia with a strong vision, and does not fit the incredibly strange music tag at all. The C.A. Quintet were definitely an engmatic band that was full of life and by the end of the 60’s they faded into obscrurity. In recent years live recordings have appeared from the early 70’s, they are reportedly mediocre(via rising storm)
Karsh Kale's debut, Realize, ups the ante and spins his scene--the Asian Massive movement--into gold with a stunning coming together of electronic dance music, Indian folk and raga, and classical. Both songwriter and percussionist, Kale has long been a compatriot of Talvin Singh and has played with Bill Laswell's intriguing Tabla Beat Science project. Realize is grounded in layers of percussive wonder, swaddled in guitars, cello, flutes, and supreme vocals, then flipped upside down and alchemically reimagined inside out and sideways. A bhajan becomes a drum-and-bass song, as well as the other way around. The beautiful and rhythmically complex "Saajana," written in the Indian folk bhajan tradition, is exemplary of just this. The sound of infinite bird wings beating upward to the heavens, Realize is a sonic circus of right on. --Paige La Grone
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The Insubordinations net label is devoted to improvisatory music. Most of it is avant-garde and experimental to the extreme. However, Plastow’s online album Los Criminales Reciclados En Conductores De Autobuses, which was previously released under the name of The Johann Bourquenez Trio, keeps at least one foot in modern jazz. The trio, led by pianist Johann Boruquenez, reminds me a bit of McCoy Tyner’s more exploratory works especially in the fast and exciting opening track, “Yap-Yap”. The title track is also quite complex and a little more “out” there. Drummer Cyril Bondi lays a good strong beat but is also capable of providing color when necessary. Bassist Raphaël Ortis has a sensitive touch that is best on the quieter numbers like “Stase Psychique” and the hypnotic “Mairie Des Lilas”. Those who like good jazz and improvisatory music should consider this a must-have.
The album is available as an album zip in 256kbps MP3.
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...τι να πω εγω τωρα γι'αυτους?..δε ρωτατε καλυτερα τους Sugarhill Gang,Blondie,Queen και δεν ξερω ποσους αλλους να σας πουν?..ενταξει ρωτηστε και τον Captain Sensible...
