3.0 out of 5 stars
Icarus - Six Soviet Misfits, May 17, 2011
This review is from: 6 Soviet Misfits (Audio CD)
Strange electronic free jazz from Icarus on SIX SOVIET MISFITS, which compiles two 12"s as well as an unreleased album. "UL-6" starts the proceedings with long washes of sound, underpinned with some spare breaks, while "Borichean Pintak" piles on clattering percussion. The short "Deutsche Oper" has some longing strings reminiscent of the Kammerflimmer Kollektief, and "Benevolent Incubator" has a gentle guitar-and-piano line atop a stuttering rhythm. "Nine Fresian" gets even more abstract, eschewing a definite melody in favor of atmospherics, while "Dolphin Lylic" offers a bubbly counterpoint. "Xot Zoiks" merges the jittery rhythm with a see-sawing melody, and "Skate Glug" has an improvisational clarinet dancing all over the surface of the track. A sonic adventure.
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