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October 30th, 8pm, $10 - $8 for students
FLOWER-CORSANO DUO
Michael Flower (founding member of UK drone ensemble Vibracathedral
Orchestra, Sunburned Hand of the Man member) - Japan banjo (aka shahi baaja
- an modified electric version of the Indian bulbul tarang)
Chris Corsano (plays with Paul Flaherty, Jim O'Rourke, Bjork, Evan Parker,
Jandek, Thurston Moore, Vampire Belt, Six Organs of Admittance, etc.) -
drums
mp3s' & VHF's write up of the new record here:
http://www.vhfrecords.com/catalog/115.htm
barely used myspace here: myspace.com/flowercorsanoduo
http://myspace.com/flowercorsanoduo
hi-res photos: http://cor-sano.com/flower/photos.html
more information, interviews, etc.: chris@yod.com
reviews:
The Four Aims LP/CD (VHF, 2009)
*Brainwashed - "There are few sounds so unique in improvised music today,
and the duo's perfection of this kind of head-on freedom is rarely matched
in any circle....Building into a frenetic and undulating weight, the unit
moves with a singular vision all too rare. Instant response is one thing,
but Flower and Corsano can shift mood along with tempo, atmosphere with
melody and approach with feel. This sort of elasticity and balance results
in some of the most distinctly surprising and exciting sounds happening
today." - http://brainwashed.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7454&Itemid
=64
*Pitchfork - "Along the way they evoke Rudolph Grey's far-out travels with
Rashied Ali, Keiji Haino's bursting solos in Fushitsusha, maybe even what
Jimi Hendrix and Mitch Mitchell are playing in the after-life." - http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/11165-i-brute-force/
*Dusted - "The Radiant Mirror, the pair¹s 2007 debut, is a blistering
document, matching Corsano¹s kitchen-sink percussion work with Flower¹s
electrifying Shahi Baaja (also known, in a bit of a misnomer, as an Indian
banjo) in one of that year¹s best records. The Four Aims finds the scope of
the duo¹s instrumentation widened, with more diverse results, but, at its
core, this disc remains true to the pair¹s original M.O., and with two
musicians this gifted, it¹s hard to imagine their collaborative work being
anything less than outstanding." - http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/4887
*Tiny Mix Tapes - "In compositional breadth, in technical twinkle, in
(a)tonal assault, this is a deeply humbling record, the inscrutable
blueprint for progress." - http://www.tinymixtapes.com/Flower-Corsano-Duo
*Foxy Digitalis - 9 out of 10 - http://www.digitalisindustries.com/foxyd/reviews.php?which=4195
The Radiant Mirror LP/CD (Textile, 2007)
*#26 on The Wire's Top 50 of 2007 list
*Mojo's Underground Album of the Week - http://cor-sano.com/flower/images/mojo.jpg
*Tiny Mix Tapes' year-end list of 24 "Eureka Albums of 2007" - "Chris
Corsano and Mick Flower make fire. That no-need-for-an-introduction drummer
and the founding member of UK¹s Vibracathedral Orchestra inaugurated this
year with an explosive three-song album." - http://www.tinymixtapes.com/2007-Eureka-Albums-of-2007
*Alan Bishop's (Sun City Girls/Sublime Frequencies) Best of 2007 list in
Arthur Magazine
*Bookmat - "Wailing psychedelic tangled droning and plucking is set against
pounding unpredicatable percussion - it's as if Hendrix picked up and left
for India, bag of narcotics in tow and then bumped into Elvin Jones before
recording a night-long improv session." - http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=89435
ASHTRAY NAVIGATIONS
Phil Todd (ran the Betley Welcomes Careful Drivers label, started Ashtray
Navigations in 1995) - guitar + electronics
Melanie Delaney (also performs solo under the name Ocelocelot)- electronics
myspace.com/ashtraynavigations http://myspace.com/ashtraynavigations
*Foxy Digitalis - "No matter how limited or impossible to find, every
release by this one-man-plus sideshow proves to be a stimulating slice of
homemade musical nirvana." - http://www.digitalisindustries.com/foxyd/reviews.php?which=1912
*Blastitude - "If you thought Four Raga Moods was good (and it was really
good), you've gotta hear Tristes Tropiques. I think it's better. In fact, I
think this is IT, the pinnacle of the whole
one-man-and-a-tape-machine-against-the-universe genre." - http://www.blastitude.com/9/pg6.htm
*Foxy Digitalis - "It's both heart-warming and infuriating to realise that
music like this was being put out in the mid nineties when the world was
ruled by guitar dinosaurs. Thing is, unless you were plugged directly into
the scene's conduits you would've missed the whole damn thing as it quietly
spread." - http://www.digitalisindustries.com/foxyd/reviews.php?which=3303
*Dusted - "Four More Raga Moods engages with all the micro-managed detail
one seeks in a good electronica record, yet still storms the senses with its
unhinged psychedelic play." - http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/3084
Interview: http://www.dwacres.com/node/2289
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