LSD POND_音乐专辑
LSD POND
表演者: LSD POND
专辑类型: 专辑
介质: CD
发行时间: 01/2008
唱片数: 1
出版者: archive
专辑简介
For those in pursuit of some new outer-limits rock recordings, perhaps the best place to check is figuring out what Scott Slimm has up his sleeve for the new year. The latest addition to his Archive catalog comes in the form of a two-disc collaboration between various members of Slimm’s back-catalog as LSD POND, a collection of improvised recordings between members of Philly-based noise rockers Bardo Pond, and two of Japan’s highly revered psych acts, LSD March and Masami Kawaguchi’s New Rock Syndicate. Having done recordings for Slimm in the past, one can only imagine that this was a dream come true for the man and his label when these three groups of musicians decided to shack up in a practice space between tour dates sometime late last year. The finished product—which is beautifully hand packaged with foil stamping and a nice floral design motif—is truly one for those looking for epic rock ‘n’ roll works tinged with a heavy dose of a drug-induced swagger. Seriously, there are moments all captured here that make strong cases for why certain mind-altering substances exist, all in musical form. Of the two discs of material—that together comprise a whopping almost-two-and-a-half hours of music—this release offers up, it must be noted that the players vary on each disc, but the sum of the parts justify the whole here, without a doubt. Cutting to the chase, the first disc shows a side of down-tempo stoner works, complete with gratuitous soloing and rolling bass lines that could fit the bill at even the worst of the “Jam Band” scene’s venues. “We are LSD POND,” as the introduction (on both discs, ironically) is called, serves as the 17-minute space-rock segue into “Hikari Naki Sekai,” which easily puts this prior claim to rest. It’s hard not to imagine being trapped at some wacky hippie festival only to find that these guys might be the saving grace of the whole thing, based solely on the idea that their bass guitars are the right amount of “fuzzed out” to make it bearable. Really though, the rhythm section and wah pedal madness, makes a strong case that genuine hippie music will never die, but the bombast that goes along with up to 8 people playing out simultaneously (it doesn’t specify just how many people are actually on each piece, but a honed ear can hear at least six) sets this apart on a similar astral plane so to speak. At 15 minutes in though, the track somehow manages to coalesce into a noisy stoner rock mess that is very delightful as it is deep. The other tracks on the first disc offer more sides to this multi-talented ensemble, as “Tamerai To Kurushimi” incites a very swampy, dissonant piece that might have listeners reminiscing of some of the more listenable Sunburned works, complete with a primal tom beat, some fuzzy bass, lots of tolerable feedback and swirling guitars. “Utuwa No Naka No Mizu” is the fourth offering, which, with its driving upbeat drumming makes the track almost danceable. For all of the frenzied guitar work here, the cacophonous nature of the track fits together well at the hands of an even amount of sustain, phaser and distortion, putting everything in balance. This may be the tightest track of the collboration, relying on much of its rhythm section, and is probably what Acid Mothers Temple’s studio material should sound like, if they didn’t always go ape shit with oscillators. The last offering on the first disc is a solid free-form work, and fits nicely as the last track, giving listeners a very spacey send-off into the sinister fray that is the other half of this monstrosity of sound. Whereas the first disc of material ventures into more of the psychedelics rooted in, say, San Francisco, disc two will leave the listener somewhere far, far away. In three tracks, the left brain to this project takes a quite different approach, with the addition of vocals and electronics that veers off path if you will, to a much darker place. Think whatever acid was killing people at Woodstock, and one would be on the right path. The second “We Are LSD POND” starts off on a much different note than the first one does, with a massive distorted, lurking bass line that volleys around a looping, utterly Asian influenced guitar riff until various elements seep in and turn the work into a sludgy bastard-cousin of doom metal. It’s like night and day in comparison to the previous material, and continues on with no sign of abandon. About 18 or so minutes in, ghastly, female vocals careen into the mix to create a sound that is outright, impure sexual psychosis. The electronics are heavy and blatant, as is the rest of the music being created. Plainly put, it must have been insane to be in the room at the time of this recording. The longest track on the recording is “Sugatanaki Kyofu,” the middle track here, and is by far the most introverted work from this collection, as it starts out in all the glory of low-end rumbling and shrill effects that sound as though something is coming to a boil. The track does not sound as though it was an on-the-spot conception of these guitar-wielding artists, relying more on a noise aesthetic; but nonetheless, takes a hostile amount of time building into an erratic squall of sound experimentation. Feedback and some glacial guitar soloing clear a way for the most subdued music here, enveloped in a heavy mass of tone, noise and random percussion. Somewhere beyond the midpoint of the track, it retreats to somewhere in the realm of Black Metal (of all places)-- there’s a flute being played, and a heavy wave of tone splicing the track, but all the while, holding onto the natural character that the work has become. The last offering is perhaps the deepest head trip of the bunch, as vocalist Isobel Sollenberger again lends her larynx to the mix for another round of tortured song. There’s a heavy rock element driving the vibe here that will have listeners nodding along in the mildly psychotic way that Boris drives people to. In addition, there’s also a live radio, tribal drumming and some creeped out electronic scribbling that close the work out on a rather chilly note. This is by far one of the deepest psychedelic rock records I have ever come across, probably due to the fact that it is a shit ton of sound. Almost 2.5 hours of wild music makes for a somewhat fatiguing listen. This work is very well done for a live session with no overdubs, as the sound is as impeccable as the content is otherworldly.
曲目
CD1
01. LSD POND - We Are LSD Pond (25:06)
02. LSD POND - Hikari Naki Sekai (23:13)
03. LSD POND - Tamerai To Kurushimi (05:20)
04. LSD POND - Utuwa No Naka No Mizu (15:43)
05. LSD POND - Dosyaburi No Naka De (10:47)
CD2
01. LSD POND - We Are LSD Pond (17:22)
02. LSD POND - Sugatanaki Kyofu (27:00)
03. LSD POND - Yoru Kara Yorue (19:44)
total length: 02:24:15
