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| | | doubtmusic (japan) #dm 114 cd ground-zero “live 1992+” compact disc - orange (0:52)
- metal spy (0:30)
- bottom out-x (4:46)
- vs (1:27)
- vv (1:20)
- ground-zero 1992 (4:43)
- mango (1:11)
- pseudopodium (3:15)
- wzr-fm (2:04)
- lime (3:15)
- lam chen - ying (8:22)
- vt (5:56)
- grape (0:16)
| ah... this one takes me back...
ground-zero were of course otomo yoshihide’s long-running free-jazz/improv/noise/psych unit, blazing something of a singular path between august 1990 & march 1998 featuring a rotating lineup that, over the years, included such heavyweights as kato hideki, makigami koichi, masahiro uemura, yamatsuka/yamantaka eye, hirose junji , tony buck, tenko, ryoji hojito, mick harris, hoppy kamiyama, sei’chi yamamoto, samm bennett, kazuhisa uchihashi, mitsuru nasuno, masaki shimizu, yasuhuro yoshigaki, sachiko m, masahiko okura, and kazunao nagata.
this early concert from february 1992 (recorded @ 20000v in tokyo) features otomo, hirose junji, kato hideki, uemura masahiro, and yamantaka eye; sonically much closer to the raw blat of the boredoms than anything you’d associate with otomo these days - at this stage he was still playing a sawed-off guitar with a metal pipe and turntables (often scratching/jump-cutting all over distorted hip-hop beats & rock guitar - listen to the sound-clip - closer to something like john oswald’s plunderphonics) with eye caterwauling all over the place, and the rest of the band following suit with disjointed rhythmic jabs & all kinds of free-scream gestures...
two studio pieces at the end of the disc, in all of their damaged-fidelity glory, rule. an excellent disc, especially great for the boredoms fan or anyone with a soft-spot for otomo’s noisier excursions... |
| | doubtmusic press release... |
| doubtmusic / dmh-114
ground-zero
live 1992 +
otomo yoshihide (guitar, turntables)
hirose junji (sax)
kato hideki (bass, voice)
uemura masahiro (drums)
yamataka eye (voice)
this cd includes unissued live performances and studio recordings (12, 13) right after otomo formed ground-zero. this happened before the release of their first album, called "ground-zero" (god mountain). their playing is in the rough and sound quality is not quite best, but this materials should be kept a record of their intence performances of earlier ground-zero for future ages. this is remembrance of fresh / poisonous earlier ground-zero after interval of 15 years.
composed by otomo (1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 11), hirose & eye (4), kato & eye (5), otomo & eye (12), all members (7,8,10,13)
please note that noise and gaps in the sound are due to the recording conditions and the nature of the music. thank you for your understanding. |
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