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5.0 out of 5 stars
Absolutely essential document of (????????), September 6, 2000
This review is from: Brain Damage in Oklahoma (Audio CD)
While Table of the Elements was getting hassled over their overpriced and low quality 'Day of Niagra' bootleg, Siltbreeze silently slipped this amazing CD out its doors which better captures the idea of 'dream music' or whatever you want to call it than the 'all Conrad and Cale for 30 minutes' that's served up on Day of Niagra. What we have here are some quite varied and historic recordings including the 'dreamweapon' piece which in its entirety is over 40 minutes long--yet there are many other standouts. What really strikes me with this recording though and why I contrast it so heavily to the ToE bootleg is because, via the Tony Conrad box, we already have 5 discs (not to mention Slapping Pythagoras) of stringed drone. What's really needed is some variation to that theme--and that's just what's served up here. MacLise's fantasic percusion gives the same old drone a shot in the arm, giving a disc of ultra-psychedelic cuts, often with organ and/or flute. The overall feel after giving this discs a few spin is that this -is- the archetypal psychedelic sound. One particular cut with MacLise's wife on organ sounds as though its the template for the ensuing Krautrock flood. Other pieces are just so amazingly freaky that it makes this non-drug user feel as though it's time to get some substances into his life (OK, I'm only joking, but you get the idea.) To wrap this off then: If you are at all a fan of psychedelic music--and that's a pretty big chunk of musics when you come to think about it--then you need this recording. This is about as close as you will come to a real and compelling document of where it all began!
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