DUSTdevil & Crow – now on FMA

While Walking Slowly You Can See the Grasses Grow, the latest by DUSTdevil & Crow, is now available through the Free Music Archive. As mentioned in a previous post, they are working on a new release and I have the honor of contributing some drums and noise to the affair in between working on the new aboombong /Fez Dispenser remix project, putting together tracks for the next aboombong release (due this summer), and playing drums with some very talented local kids in a new post-rock/math-rock trio. Enjoy.

aboombong – asynchronic

aboombong- asynchronic
available direct from aboombong here
http://aboombong.bandcamp.com/:

or through your favorite on-line stores

Style(s): afro-ambient noise, musique concrète, minimalism, experimental

Toys: field recording, split bamboo marimba, Turkish darbuka, Punjabi ektara, Vietnamese jack fruit danmo, camel bells, elephant bells, goat bells, bone cymbal mallets, Trinidadian tenor steelpan, homemade surdo, piano, 5-string prepared electric guitar, Kawai K3, sequencer, effects, tape-manipulation, drum kit.

Reviews:

Aboombong immerses you in unsettling masses of sound that swarm, throb, clatter, and drone with vital, viral activity. It’s like being enshrouded in fog in a foreign country of whose language you only have the most tenuous grasp and then chewing on a psychotropic root. It’s a rare feeling, Rufus. (Dave Segal – The Stanger; Line-Out)

i listened to this wonderful album last night and was truly blown away…a must for anyone interested in out there music (devotionalhooligan.blogspot.com).

An intriguing blend of lo-fi drones, tape manipulation, mangled afro percussion and twitchy free-jazz drumming. And I’m liking it a lot.(Mr Tear @ Snap, Crackle & Pop)

This Is Pretty Fantastic! (Michael DUSTdevil @ YoungMossTongue).

It reminds me the best of the CAN album, Tago Mago, which is quite something. Even Sun Ra…
Psychedelic, strong, inspiring…(deadwhite horse @ geometria innamorata).

A mind blowing release…you don’t want to miss this album. (Mogwai @ TheSirenSound)

Believe me you haven’t heard anything like Aboombong before… this album is one hell of a trip. (Rhinocerouslip @ Hate R’n’B)

Fantastic release…One of the best of 2010 presented to us so far… very unique (poizless at Hype Light).

It certainly deserves some hype…blowing fresh wind into the Noise/Drone/etc… a delicious combo of tribal rhythms and nosy waves…Recommended (Amstad on Rate Your Music).

Speaking in Tongues: Waltz Bop Shop Live @ Wavy Brain (video)

This one is from 1994 (95?). A show at the height of Waltz Bop Shop’s Math-Punk Noisiness. A fun show dedicated to Marc Bolan with all the bands doing at least one cover penned by Bolan. Held in Wavy Brain Video (RIP). Features some good shots of the hardest working guitar amp in Albuquerque: Grant’s Marshall. Enjoy.

And, of course – the mandatory plug for the new aboombong: asynchronic. Available (set your own price) in pretty much any digital format you could want.