Cypher Documnts V.1 [Import]

Bardo Pond | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 28, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Three Lobed
• ASIN: B0007PM04C
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #534,868 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Marking The Last Swim In Heavier Waters, April 26, 2010

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This review is from: Cypher Documnts V.1 (Audio CD)

No one who appreciates the much heavier, propulsive riffing of the 'Pond should fail to snag this release; the twin guitar attack of the Brothers Gibbons is at its most molassive here, both in the overall "thickness" of the sound, or in the way that it can stretch and saturate. It doesn't have that much in common with the more refined, expansive sound the band began pursuing on "Dilate", released a year later (and brought nearly to perfection in "On the Ellipse" and "Ticket Crystals"), yet longtime listeners can definitely hear the nascent underpinnings characterizing those releases within the gritty,heavily modulated, cyclical, mantra-like woodshedding recorded here. "Living Testament", the first track,embodies this perfectly, as does "Black Turban" and "Yayaya." "From the Sky", the 31+ minute epic that closes the CD, points in the direction that is to come from under revolving feedback, with its heavily layered guitar sound and transcendental passages of gentle woodwind, flute weaving its way through some of the most lysergic guitar work they have ever committed to recording. If you keep going back to "Big Laughing Jym", "Lapsed", and 'Set and Setting" than you really should pick up "Cypher Documents".

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5.0 out of 5 stars Prepare for liftoff!, December 6, 2009

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Anthony "Anthony" (Space is the Place) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Cypher Documnts V.1 (Audio CD)

Cypher Documents Vol. 1 culls together various tracks recorded between 'Set and Setting' and 'Dilate'. Like the collected Volumes 1-4 series, the majority of these tracks are instrumental. If you enjoy Bardo Pond's more improvised lengthy jams, then I highly recommend getting a copy of this if you can find it. Especially for the 30+ minute instrumental orgy "From the Sky". The album flows together just as well as any of their full length albums. This is guaranteed to melt your brain.