a r t i s t : The Julie Mittens
t i t l e : The Julie Mittens
d a t e : 2008
l a b e l : Holy Mountain
c a t : LSOD2005
s o u r c e : CDDA
g e n r e : Psychedelic/Improv Rock
r l s. d a t e : Apr/2008
t r a c k s : 04
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 96,9 MB
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The Julie Mittens are a Dutch power trio who specialize in
extended improvisation at extreme volume. Inspired by John
Coltrane's The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording and
the knowledge that Fushitsusha has more to do with Thelonius
Monk than Blue Cheer, guitarist Aart-Jan Schakenbos, bassist
Michael van Dam, and drummer Leo Fabriek consistently wreak
havoc with lavish, textural, speaker-blowing meltdown jams;
they surge with psychedelic power and a stellar rhythm section
on the four studio recordings here.
About the name-- it allegedly means something to the members
of the group, but they won't say what. A Dutch thing? Just
don't ask the guitar player to see his pick.
"... guitarist Aart-Jan Schakenbos, bassist Michael van Dam
and drummer Leo Fabriek walk a harrowing path between
amplifier anarchy and balanced interaction, never failing to
make the two meet. Schakenbos provides the skyscraping as he
warps and mutilates single notes with the centrifugal force of
massive feedback. Van Dam either drops terrifying bass bombs
that fill the vacuum Schakenbos leaves in his wake, drones
ominously, or dialogues. Fabriek, however, harnesses the
others' energy, as he resists the urge to flail away, and
instead inserts a fill when it increases tension, thumps
steadily when a groove is needed, or colors when space
beckons." --Matthew Wuethrich, Dusted
"A kind of spiritual anarchy surfaces through the distorted
bedlam, illuminating a full spectrum of frequencies which
gives their most feverish moments the effect of coma-inducing
psychical bliss landing somewhere between head banging and
catatonia. These guys take it to edge and then push further
out until there is literally no physical place left to go.
Intense and just brilliant." --Todd Brooks, Foxy Digitalis
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01-December 12 2006 [16:54]
02-April 3 2007 [09:30]
03-December 12 2006 [17:38]
04-April 25 2007 [22:08]
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66:10 min