Savage Aural Hotbed - Gomi Daiko
ARTIST.....: Savage Aural Hotbed
TITLE......: Gomi Daiko
LABEL......: TRG
URL........: www.savageauralhotbed.com
RIP DATE...: Jun-01-2006
STORE DATE.: Apr-21-1998
GENRE......: Avantgarde
QUALITY....: VBR / 44.1Hz / Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 77,8 MB
Track Listing:
01 - Gomi Daiko 06:10
02 - Big Arms 05:18
03 - Dervish 91 (Brushes Version) 05:24
04 - Hammer Of Bill 06:30
05 - Gomi Daiko (Metal Version) 05:21
06 - Process 07:06
07 - Big Arms (Dense-Pack Mix) 07:40
08 - Drowning Attitude 05:48
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49:17 min
Release Notes:
A '90s industrial band with nary a heavy-metal riff nor computer-
oriented beat to be seen, Savage Aural Hotbed formed in 1986
playing the same electronic body music as their contemporaries.
The influence of Japanese Taiko drumming, however, lead
percussionists Mark Black, Stuart DeVaan, David Sarrazin and Valts
Treibergs (plus bassist/vocalist William Melton) to begin playing
music with more organic qualities - as though Einsturzende
Neubaten used Asian percussion instruments instead of metallic
objects. As the group fine-tuned their live show during the early
'90s - playing at Minneapolis' Walker Art Center, the Hennepin
Center for the Arts, and running their original music-theater
pieces Bio-Robot (Ressurection) and Alkahest (Audio Solvent) at
the Red Eye Theatre - they began to explore found-sound
instruments more traditionally American, such as hubcaps and major
appliances. After releasing a cassette of their work titled Gomi
Daiko (Garbage Drums), Savage Aural Hotbed signed to Minneapolis'
own Twintone Records and released Cold Is the Absence of Heat in
1996. One year later, the quintet returned with Pressure of
Silence.
On Gomi Daiko (which means "garbage drums"), guitar and bass are
supportive instruments, and Roto-toms, dryer drums, "plasti-drums"
and metal are all employed in this vicious concussion expression.
Gomi is an incisive and angry assault of sound, but Savage Aural
Hotbed does not prove to be difficult to hear - the variations of
timbre, from the ponderous and clamorous "Big Arms" to the bright
dancing brushes on "Dervish 91," intrigue the ear from track to
track. The success of this rough treatment comes from the group's
adherence to the Oriental discipline and acceptance of post-
industrial and the eclectic modes of modern dance - Gomi Daiko is
fit music for intelligent iconoclasm. (allmusic.com)
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