a r t i s t : Burning Star Core
t i t l e : Blood Lightning 2007
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : No Fun (NFP12)
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : Feb/2008
t r a c k s : 05
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 67,5 MB
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from boomkat.com
It has been purported that this release on the mighty No Fun
imprint finds the estimable C. Spencer Yeh at the very summit
of his powers, making his finest, most complete statement yet.
As with the other Burning Star Core release from this week
(Operator Dead... Post Abandoned on No Quarter) Yeh is joined
by Robert Beatty, Gameboy records noisenik Mike Shiflet and
Trevor Tremaine on drums. While Operator Dead is characterised
by a near-ecstatic interpolation of krautrocking dynamics and
wide open free jazz, Blood Lightning has a more intense,
teeth-rattling severity to it, more of an inward-looking
record than the explosive, vivacious No Quarter release. 'The
Universe Is Designed To Break Your Heart' is a monumental
opener, delivering a steady buzz of boundless synth drone,
while Yeh scrawls all over it with his itchy, angular violin
strokes. Next, two shorter, more vehemently experimental
tracks fire up: 'A Curse On The Coast', a hypnotic incantation
dissolved in acidic distortion patterns, backed up by the
fanciful sound designs of 'Deaf Mute Spring Resonator'. A
final half-hour or so is split between the far loftier
ambitions of 'The Universe Is Designed To Break Your Mind' and
'10-09-04 Horible Room, Lexington, KY'. The former piece
sounds like a surge of magma, a solid wall of compressed sound
that eventually dissipates into a witchy vocal breakdown,
while the latter segues nicely into the No Quarter material,
conjuring up an almighty, anything-goes typhoon. A monstrously
good record...
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01-The Universe Is Designed To Break Your Heart [11:13]
02-A Curse On The Coast [05:45]
03-Deaf-Mute Spinning Resonator [06:57]
04-The Universe Is Designed To Break Your Mind [13:38]
05-10-09-04 Horrible Room, Lexington KY [14:05]
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51:38 min