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Wb: Rmx

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Not your usual rez album. This is a remix of a recording done in the early 70's and probably bears little resemblance of that original.

Not much or any real vocal tracks appear and the music is qwirky

and odd. Pretty normal for the Eyeballed ones. All in all a good listen.

As most Resident cultists know, legend has it that the Warner Brothers tape was assembled by the creole kids under the guidance of Captain Beefheart and sent to the said Brothers in hopes of it being accepted as their first commercial disc. Instead, Warner's returned it to them in care of RESIDENTS. Hence....

More than 35 years later, the ocular one(s?) has revisited this original tape and remixed it into a thick, opaque brew. The result is more energetic and dense than the usual fare (if usual can apply) and at times is fairly mesmerizing. If there is any fault here, it's that this density seems to overwhelm any underlying bits of coherence that one imagines of the original piece. However, this may not be fault at all and like the energy jazz of that time period merely require repeated servings to digest its numerous ingredients.

Time will tell if this piece indicates a renewal of inspiration or mere layering of repetition. Or both.