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Exhaustion / Kris Wanders: Exhaustion / Kris Wanders
ByThis single-sided LP, released in a limited edition of 150 copies or available as a download, is a meeting between the self-described Australian "harsh pub psyche" punk band Exhaustion and the saxophonist Kris Wanders. Wanders, a European pioneer in the 1960s free movement, performed with Peter Brötzmann, Willem Breuker, Fred Van Hove, and can be heard on Alexander von Schlippenbach's Orchestra Globe Unity 67 & 70 (Atavistic, 2001). He moved to Australia in the 1970s and has surfaced on record occasionally, lately on Poland's Not Two Records.
This 22-minutes of music, recorded in 2013, is a thick carpet of sound. Wanders lays out a searing tenor squall against the brutal onslaught of Exhaustion's guitar, bass, and drums. That said, the music doesn't tread into noise as much as it accesses a mostly even-tempered and persistent immersion into a constant sonic riverone that features rapids and tranquil passages. Wanders is solicitous of the music's direction and abides by Exhaustion's pattens, which scorch Duncan Blachford's guitar reverb, Ian Wadley's thudded bass, and Per Bystrom's chaotic drum. Listeners come for the loud passages, but will return for the interludes where the murmured sound is most absorbing.
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Personnel
Kris Wanders: tenor saxophone; Duncan Blachford: guitar, vocals; Per Bystrom: drums, percussion; Ian Wadley: bass.
Album information
Title: Exhaustion / Kris Wanders | Year Released: 2015 | Record Label: Endless Melt Records
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