Black Host - Life in the Sugar Candle Mines (2013)
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Northern Spy Records: NS 039 http://northernspy.11spot.com/black-host-life-in-the-sugar-candle-mines.html * Gerald Cleaver: drums, sound design * Cooper-Moore: piano, synth * Brandon Seabrook: guitar * Darius Jones: alto saxophone * Pascal Niggenkemper: bass http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Cleaver_%28musician%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper-Moore http://www.seabrookpowerplant.com/ http://www.dariusjonesmusic.com/ http://www.pascalniggenkemper.com/ Reviews ~~~~~~~ By Tim Niland Black Host is a collective outfit consisting of Darius Jones on alto saxophone, Brandon Seabrook on guitar, Cooper-Moore on piano and synthesizer, Pascal Niggenkemper on bass and Gerald Cleaver on drums. This represents a coming together of some of the most interesting players on the avant-free scene and they mix together melodic songs and wide open improvisation. They get off to a roaring start with "Hover" and "Ayler Children" with the former developing a powerful performance over the course of sixteen minutes, and on the latter, the spirit of Albert Ayler is present as they develop simple themes into a thrilling texture of improvisation. Seabrook builds electroshock guitar to a pleasant cacophony as Jones adds wails of saxophone pushing the outer limits of their conception, creating powerful, seething music. Ominous clanks and chords move in on "Amsterdam/Frames" with vaporous gusts of electronics adding to the ghostly labyrinth of the music. "Gromek" is a fascinating performance with Cleaver building an industrial piston sound of propulsive drumming. Jones develops eerie foghorn saxophone into the rhythmic incantations. The music becomes a hypnotic abutment of sound, rushing forward with massive slabs of noise. Fearsome and hyperkenetic music develops a deep beat over squiggly electronics in as sampled lyrics bubble up on "Wrestling." "May Be Home" wraps up the album with a mysterious opening that is spare and spacious, recalling the ambiance of a lonely night in a big city. Piano and bass build a stark noir soundscape with ominous portents. -- By Paul Acquaro http://www.freejazzblog.org/2013/07/black-host-slobber-pup-dark-atmospheric.html By Hank Shteamer http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18085-black-host-life-in-the-sugar-candle-mines/ By S. Victor Aaron http://somethingelsereviews.com/2013/05/27/black-host-life-in-the-sugar-candle-mines-2013/ By Troy Collins http://www.pointofdeparture.org/PoD44/PoD44Cleaver.html