Decided...Already the Motionless Heart of Tranquility, Tangling the Prayer Called "I"
By Purple Trap
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Track listing
- 1.1 Who Decided the Number 1 3:34
- 1.2 Reassembling Place of Dispersed Holy Murderous Thought 11:44
- 1.3 I Already Know the Settlement of Iridescent Happiness 12:43
- 1.4 I Can Hear a Scream... A Scream Resembling a Scream 7:36
- 1.5 Only Half of an Imitation or Your Imitation of Yourself 3:42
- 1.6 Come to This Side... Sadness 5:37
- 1.7 Supposedly Generous Possessors of Death Meet a Warning While Napping 17:47
- 2.1 Just Now Let Us Continue to Say Farewell 6:45
- 2.2 Decided... Already the Motionless Heart of Tranquility, Tangling the Prayer Called "I" 5:41
- 2.3 A Sudden Accident Protesting Production Methods 6:54
- 2.4 Where Shall Released Time Go Next? 8:44
- 2.5 Continuously Draw a Gentle Spiral... Red Death! 30:50
- 2.6 Ask a So-Called Sage Who Speaks Only Plausible Excuses the Meaning of the Volition "Further..." 6:28
- Total length: 128:05
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Bear with me now, cuz it's gotta be asked: Are the majority of today's (as well as the recent past) avant-geniuses congenital perverts? I pose the question only due to the fact that I have a hard time believing Bill Laswell has landied alla these great gigs on the merits of his "talents." Does he have a massive collection of photographs of the aforementioned virtuosos enjoying the carnal knowledge of farm animals?
Whatever the case, Disco Bill hammers out his usual Deee-lite era Bootsyisms all over "Decided..." that nearly upset the apple cart. Remove him from the equation, and you'd have two hours of jaw-dropping free improv that would rival another little record Rashied Ali was involved with you may have heard of: Trane's "Interstellar Space." As it is, you have something substantially less-- arguably a mid-level Fushitsusha album-- yet not without its virtues.
Haino is his usual amazing self, never repeating the same lick twice and providing his charming falsetto vox on most tracks-- and the late, great Mr. Ali? Do I need to tell ya his concepts of tension and release were/are unparalleled? Sheer power coupled with elegance and taste, gawdammit! Any chance for a bassless remix, KH?
Whatever the case, Disco Bill hammers out his usual Deee-lite era Bootsyisms all over "Decided..." that nearly upset the apple cart. Remove him from the equation, and you'd have two hours of jaw-dropping free improv that would rival another little record Rashied Ali was involved with you may have heard of: Trane's "Interstellar Space." As it is, you have something substantially less-- arguably a mid-level Fushitsusha album-- yet not without its virtues.
Haino is his usual amazing self, never repeating the same lick twice and providing his charming falsetto vox on most tracks-- and the late, great Mr. Ali? Do I need to tell ya his concepts of tension and release were/are unparalleled? Sheer power coupled with elegance and taste, gawdammit! Any chance for a bassless remix, KH?
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When Keiji Haino plays his guitar, he plays with a forceful, confrontational style that somehow also manages to sound naked and vulnerably emotional. He plays jagged chords, squalls of feedback and occasionally traditional solos with the sort of emotion in his playing that few players can claim to be in the same ballpark as, let along claim to match.
When Rasheid Ali plays the drums, he manages to walk the tightrope between controlled and chaotic. He's one of the most regularly lauded free jazz drummers of all times, and one who never sounds like he's playing aggressively even as he's pounding at every corner of his kit. There's an openness to his playing; it breathes where many others are content to perform either too rigidly or too freely to allow for the performance to draw breath.
When Bill Laswell plays his bass, he can either attack it forcefully or he can noodle around like one of the endlessly mockable fusion players out there. Yet when he does the latter it always feels more intimate than his legions of peers/imitators. I can see why he's a bit of a divisive figure, and yes, his smoother sound can be a bit of a drawback depending on the situation, but the fact remains that even at his most smooth-jazz-fusion sounding there are few players who can match him for pure feel. Plus, he knows when and how to deploy his various styles to best effect, never really content to stick with one when he knows he's got a better one further back in the deck.
This album features those three styles crashing together for over two hours without really letting up at all.
I get a semi just thinking about it...
When Rasheid Ali plays the drums, he manages to walk the tightrope between controlled and chaotic. He's one of the most regularly lauded free jazz drummers of all times, and one who never sounds like he's playing aggressively even as he's pounding at every corner of his kit. There's an openness to his playing; it breathes where many others are content to perform either too rigidly or too freely to allow for the performance to draw breath.
When Bill Laswell plays his bass, he can either attack it forcefully or he can noodle around like one of the endlessly mockable fusion players out there. Yet when he does the latter it always feels more intimate than his legions of peers/imitators. I can see why he's a bit of a divisive figure, and yes, his smoother sound can be a bit of a drawback depending on the situation, but the fact remains that even at his most smooth-jazz-fusion sounding there are few players who can match him for pure feel. Plus, he knows when and how to deploy his various styles to best effect, never really content to stick with one when he knows he's got a better one further back in the deck.
This album features those three styles crashing together for over two hours without really letting up at all.
I get a semi just thinking about it...
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Fairly expectable work from Haino inside a supergroup. He makes a well-working tag team with Bill Laswell and the weird chorused notes that roar from his bass guitar, while Ali Rashied sketches the plans for the other two guys to operate by from behind his drumkit. More polished and accessible than the usual Haino album, probably owing to the fact that it is studio produced. And what does this album do as opposed to the usual Haino album? While there are harsh moments, it mostly focuses on Haino's more restrained side, which seems to blend frenetic noise rock jamming and dark ambient with some modal jazz and modern classical overtones.
The first CD is a bit too meandering and more focused on the long Fushitsusha-esque jams than anything else, which is a bit of a shame really, because the best track is almost the shortest - Only Half of an Imitation or Your Imitation of Yourself. Second CD is better - the trio seems to have a more clear idea of what they're gonna do with each of the tracks. The huge 30 minute jam of the 5th track might seem like the focus of the album judging from the tracklist alone, but I found that it works equivocally with the rest of the disc actually. Haino even strikes some relatively "normal" bluesy guitar licks like on the title track, which is quite the rarity for his releases. Decent starting place for Haino, if you're approaching him from a jazz standpoint.
The first CD is a bit too meandering and more focused on the long Fushitsusha-esque jams than anything else, which is a bit of a shame really, because the best track is almost the shortest - Only Half of an Imitation or Your Imitation of Yourself. Second CD is better - the trio seems to have a more clear idea of what they're gonna do with each of the tracks. The huge 30 minute jam of the 5th track might seem like the focus of the album judging from the tracklist alone, but I found that it works equivocally with the rest of the disc actually. Haino even strikes some relatively "normal" bluesy guitar licks like on the title track, which is quite the rarity for his releases. Decent starting place for Haino, if you're approaching him from a jazz standpoint.
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Beautiful music!
This has Haino's falsetto singing, which I love.
Rashied Ali and Bill Laswell really tear the shit up here too. It's hot. I think Ali's playing is the best part, because he has a spacious, classic drumkit sound unlike anything you'd get from a youngster in a power trio noise rock session.
This has Haino's falsetto singing, which I love.
Rashied Ali and Bill Laswell really tear the shit up here too. It's hot. I think Ali's playing is the best part, because he has a spacious, classic drumkit sound unlike anything you'd get from a youngster in a power trio noise rock session.
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1.1
Who Decided the Number 1
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1.2
Reassembling Place of Dispersed Holy Murderous Thought
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1.3
I Already Know the Settlement of Iridescent Happiness
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1.4
I Can Hear a Scream... A Scream Resembling a Scream
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1.5
Only Half of an Imitation or Your Imitation of Yourself
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1.6
Come to This Side... Sadness
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1.7
Supposedly Generous Possessors of Death Meet a Warning While Napping
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2.1
Just Now Let Us Continue to Say Farewell
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2.2
Decided... Already the Motionless Heart of Tranquility, Tangling the Prayer Called "I"
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2.3
A Sudden Accident Protesting Production Methods
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2.4
Where Shall Released Time Go Next?
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2.5
Continuously Draw a Gentle Spiral... Red Death!
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2.6
Ask a So-Called Sage Who Speaks Only Plausible Excuses the Meaning of the Volition "Further..."
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