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album cover V/A Extreme Music From Africa (Susan Lawly) cd 17.98
THIS IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT OR OTHERWISE UNAVAILABLE TO US AT THE MOMENT, SO PLEASE DO NOT ORDER IT. SORRY.
This is the second volume of extreme music on the Susan Lawly label, brought to us by William Bennett of Whitehouse infamy. Volume one focused on Japan, and featured all the obvious noise artists, which made sense since Whitehouse and Trevor Brown (Whitehouse's favorite cover artist, who on this release contributes some possibly problematic paintings of African women) seem to relate more to the Japanese, both culturally and musically (in fact Trevor Brown lives in Japan). Volume two isn't so obvious. No artist names are instantly recognizable. Which is maybe why initially we thought this had to be a fraud (but then, some of us think everything could be a fraud, the Conet Project, the Steps....). It's too perfect. All the bands combine what sounds like genuine African tribal music with Whitehouse style noise. What are the odds? But it could just be, that since Bennett was doing the collecting, it just so happened that he was moved by the music he loves the most, his own. Regardless, this collection is amazing. And much more listenable than volume one. Chanting and hand drums are buried in washes of hiss and white noise. Merzbow style blasts of crunchy feedback dissolve into tribal rhythms and explode again into shards of jagged buzz. Intense and aggressive and totally great.
RealAudio clip:
JONATHAN AZANDE "Long Pig"
RealAudio clip: ELECTRICITY FEATURING FIRE EATER "Dunia Wanja Wa Fujo"
RealAudio clip: ROROGWETA "Death Lullaby"

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