Ghosts Of A Primitive World_音乐专辑
Ghosts Of A Primitive World
表演者: Refrigerator Mothers
专辑类型: Album
介质: CD
发行时间: 2006
出版者: URCK Records
条形码: 9787540418595
专辑简介
good selection of raga-drones, oriental instrumentation and otherworldly Sun City Girls-like throat singing" - Foxy Digitalis - Hand wrapped in Chinese Ghost Money. 'Ritualistic and tribal post-punk folk dreamweavers': that is how the Refrigerator Mothers call themselves. It's a loosely organized collective of over twenty participants, including musicians (of course I'd say), visual artists, film makers, business owners, dancers 'and much more' (mothers perhaps?), and together they have a whole array of instruments at their disposal: from analogue synthesizers to guitars, prepared guitars and piano, but also frame drum, floor tom, various cymbals and bells and the kitchen sink. I assume that their material is conceived during lengthy jams which are then cut to shape. They also have a 7" out called 'Arab National Anthem', which along with the b-side can also be found on this CDR release (for reasons not entirely clear to me), and that might show some of their love for love for middle-eastern sounding, tribal percussion and vocal chanting. Ever since Muslimgauze picked up a tabla and played too much, I can't hear a tabla without thinking o f Muslimgauze, which makes I have some problem with this too. But the Refrigerator Mothers get the benefit of the doubt from me. Their addition of a whole blend of other instruments makes this into something that is wholly more enjoyable than the more single minded Muslimgauze. Their freaking sound goes out into the directions of No Neck Blues Band at times, but with a slight touch of arabic sound. Quite a great release of improvised music in something that might very well be considered their own sound. (FdW) Vital Weekly "Refrigerator Mothers is a project led by Carl F. Off, one of the founding-members of Hop-Frog collective playing Oriental-toned, mystical and rather primitive music that combines modern technology and acoustic instruments in a great way. This over one-hour-long CD-R has eight tracks of psychedelic, tribal and mostly rather peaceful music recorded 2003-2006. The album starts with ”Bedding Down the Revolution with a Mouth Full of Shit” that has minimal beginning and reminds me of Dead Can Dance a bit and has for example some electronics, loops, Egyptian-sounding guitar and also faint vocals. Around the eight-minute-marker I’m reminded of Anubian Lights. This is mystical going with a psychedelic touch for all of its over 20 minute duration. “Arab National Anthem” includes a rather relax comp and exciting tone progression. The faster, very percussive “Tied in Sacks” features some funny, psychedelic speech samples. ”Black Moth Scrap Serum” begins in a very laid-back manner with some quiet talk and is a minimal and monotonic number before it gets wilder, hypnotic tribal/industrial stuff with distorted guitar before the three-minute-marker. “Pasilla Mangoes” is a tranquil, ethnic-sounding and soft over nine-minute-long track that also has more psychedelic stuff from another dimension. The peaceful, pretty folky instrumental “Spiritscar” has some drone and acoustic stuff. The experimental and primitive “Ya Ya Suitor” is very minimal, although it grows a bit. The sad, short piano piece ”Christifari’s Collapse” finishes the album. This was a pleasant surprise for me and the album comes wrapped in Chinese ghost money, by the way. ”Arab National Anthem” and ”Black Moth Scrab Serum” have also been released on vinyl single limited t 428 copies on red, yellow, green and blue vinyl. I think these tracks are the same versions as on the CD-R, but the nice covers and that lovely analogue sound make this limited 7” worth buying, even if you’d also get the CD-R. Both of the tracks are good choices for a single release." - (DJ ASTRO) Psychotropic Zone "Midi-eastern past-asiatic psychedelic dron-e raga punk". That was the first description I read of hop-frog's Refrigerator Mothers. "post-post-punk kraut punk folk-noise punk sound" was the second. Do these descriptions make any sense to you? To me, they made just a tiny bit of sense. Besides being just a bunch of genre tags thrown together, they actually do somewhat inform you of the music they play. Somewhat. I prefer to call it simply 'experimental psychfolk'. The first song itself takes already over 1/3rd of the total time this disc plays. Nearly 22 minutes, and not one minute boring. It drones on and on with its soundscapes and minimalistic sounds, but it entertains. There is a structure to be heard, but the song is not at all divided in different refrains and choruses. It sometimes feels as if every instrument is just jamming by itself, but it actually sounds like one big thing altogether. Surely it's not easy to digest and devour, but when you spend a few times listening this track, more and more beauty reveals itself. Towards the end, it becomes heavier and heavier, until it mutes and fades out against it will. In the 'Arab National Anthem' Refrigerator Mothers have really captured a very neat eastern sound. This is an acoustic version, originally on a 7inch vinyl record. The string instruments are played really neat, and the bells only add to the eastern sound of them. Just like the previous song, this song just goes on and on without being boring for one single moment. It's due to the continuous small differences in the music that causes it to stay interesting. 'Tied In Sacks' has a very tribal sound. It's a pretty short song, just over two and a half minute, but it's very interesting. It's uptempo and highly energetic. This is in full contrast to the next song, another song that's originally from a 7inch vinyl record. This is the first song with actual lyrics to it. The first thing that I thought when hearing this song, was "Current 93... ". But so far, I have found nothing to back that thought up, except of course 'Judas As Black Moth'. After nearly three minutes, this song increases its speeds from slow droning sounds towards, well, faster droning sounds. Can't explain it better. These first four songs were also the most interesting in my opinion. Though I must say that the vocals on "Ya Ya Suitor" were impressive as well. But with describing these first four songs one has a pretty good idea of what to expect. Now, when you like some experimental folk stuff, do not hesitate to get this. Only $8, including shipping. In return, you get a neat CDr package, folded in Chinese Ghost Money. Don't be a fool like me, and cut that wrapping open, in the hope of finding something underneath it. It's only a black CDr sleeve, so save yourself the time and the effort. And most of all, a damaged wrapping. I could, with my non-existent skills, repair it, luckily. So it still looks neat." - Heathen Harvest
