Incase you were interested:
Baraki Colony Laspberry (Worm Interface WI019)
Japans Baraki is not just some musical novice. Classically trained, he is
an accomplished musician, playing guitar, synths, bass and sax (he played sax
for Mixmaster Morris on his Japanese live dates). With his well recieved
western debut on Worm Interfaces "Alt. Frequencies 3" compilation, Baraki
follows up with his first album for the label, Colony Laspberry.
Brutal, yet delicate, imagine huge, blocky, robots dressed like huns or
barbarians, standing on a mountain, staring down a valley poised to attack,
armed with spiked clubs, swords and chainsaws. Think of their violent charge
down the mountain as the beats. Now imagine at the bottom of the mountain is
a small opening with flowers and butterflys, fragile, rusty robotic children
somberly enjoying the the ambiance of their surroundings. This scene
represents the melodies. Bring the two scenes together, and youve got a
heavy serving of Colony Laspberry. At certain moments, the robot
barbarians plow merciliously through the robot children, at others they toy
with the children, playing ring around the rosey while accidently ripping
their limbs off.
Definetly one of my favorite albums of the year.
9/10 (LtDS)
out now:
e.x.p. issue B
featuring interviews with:
O.S.T/Rook Valard
D'Archangelo
Phthalo Records
MixMaster Morris
Neotropic
Low Res
Dave Clarke
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