Thurston Tuches The Iceberg

Moshe · 08.17.2007, 09:39 AM

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Thurston Tuches The Iceberg
August 17, 2007

New release from Fuck It Tapes featuring Thurston. This cassette is from the particularly noisy excursion for Brooklyn, NY based freak-jazz troupe OWL XOUNDS EXPLODING GALAXY. The c44 cassettes are limited to 100 copies and titled "Touch The Iceberg": "featuring the core of drummer Adam Kriney (LA OTRACINA/Colour Sounds Recordings) and upright bassist Gene Janas, along with regular collaborators: 2nd upright bassist Shayna Dulberger (KILL ME TRIO/STONEY MOUNTAIN) and guitarist Gene Moore (HAT CITY INTUITIVE), and a special appearance from Gene's younger brother Thurston, also on electric guitar. Recorded live at Flywheel, Easthampton, MA in October 2006".

Moshe

sonicl · 08.17.2007, 10:00 AM

Thank you, Moshe.

Now streaming on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/owlsounds ("Oh Sweet Iceburn")

Derek · 08.17.2007, 10:02 AM

Thanks.

sonicl · 08.17.2007, 10:08 AM

Available from Volcanic Tongue: http://www.volcanictongue.co.uk/artist = Owl Xounds Exploding Galaxy

Crumb's Crunchy Delights · 08.17.2007, 11:04 AM

Touches the iceberg. Is that anything like touching cloth?

greenlight · 08.17.2007, 11:56 AM

thanks!

tesla69 · 08.17.2007, 04:00 PM

Shayna Dulberger - she's great, she plays in the Ras Moshe Quartet/Trio - their CD is one of my favorites this year...

Moshe · 08.19.2007, 02:55 AM

OWL XOUNDS EXPLODING GALAXY “Touch The Iceberg” (Fuck It Tapes)

Wowl Sounds man. This relentless free-jazz rotary club is dropping a lot of releases these days, but this is the best one I’ve heard so far. Or wait, the A side is anyway. “Oh Sweet Iceburn” is a live minidisc recording/document of a raging, intuitive shakedown set at the Flywheel in West Mass with Thurston Moore on second guitar and it SLAYS. Owl Xounds’ side of the Mef Teef split on Arbor was great too but the tape-recorder low-fidelity blurred a lot of the action/interplay. Here, shit shines a lot brighter, Adam Kriney’s drumming flies, the dual basses rumble and slam and stop on dimes, the guitars fray into fried piles of string smoke…exploding galaxy indeed. But, for better/worse, the B side isn’t really Owl Xounds, it’s an electronic remix of the side A set by Liek Twi (aka Hektor Fontanez and Anthony Lebron). It’s by no means bad per se, but the majority of it is extremely digital and computery and the glitchy deconstructionist approach to Owl Xounds’ sound eliminates all the untamed analog primitivism and intensity which seems to be their deepest strength. So, I don’t know. It seems like a strange choice. But strange is subjective, so touch the iceberg yourself – does it feel cold to you?

08.17.2007, 09:39 AM	#1
Moshe Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,862	http://www.saucerlike.com/index.php Thurston Tuches The Iceberg August 17, 2007 New release from Fuck It Tapes featuring Thurston. This cassette is from the particularly noisy excursion for Brooklyn, NY based freak-jazz troupe OWL XOUNDS EXPLODING GALAXY. The c44 cassettes are limited to 100 copies and titled "Touch The Iceberg": "featuring the core of drummer Adam Kriney (LA OTRACINA/Colour Sounds Recordings) and upright bassist Gene Janas, along with regular collaborators: 2nd upright bassist Shayna Dulberger (KILL ME TRIO/STONEY MOUNTAIN) and guitarist Gene Moore (HAT CITY INTUITIVE), and a special appearance from Gene's younger brother Thurston, also on electric guitar. Recorded live at Flywheel, Easthampton, MA in October 2006". Moshe
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08.17.2007, 10:00 AM	#2
sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	Thank you, Moshe. Now streaming on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/owlsounds ("Oh Sweet Iceburn")
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08.17.2007, 10:02 AM	#3
Derek invito al cielo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 8,095	Thanks.
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08.17.2007, 10:08 AM	#4
sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	Available from Volcanic Tongue: http://www.volcanictongue.co.uk/artist = Owl Xounds Exploding Galaxy
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08.17.2007, 11:04 AM	#5
Crumb's Crunchy Delights expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: okie's in the pokie Posts: 1,352	Touches the iceberg. Is that anything like touching cloth?
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08.17.2007, 11:56 AM	#6
greenlight invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,131	thanks!
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08.17.2007, 04:00 PM	#7
tesla69 Banned Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 4,055	Shayna Dulberger - she's great, she plays in the Ras Moshe Quartet/Trio - their CD is one of my favorites this year...
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08.19.2007, 02:55 AM	#8
Moshe Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,862	OWL XOUNDS EXPLODING GALAXY “Touch The Iceberg” (Fuck It Tapes) Wowl Sounds man. This relentless free-jazz rotary club is dropping a lot of releases these days, but this is the best one I’ve heard so far. Or wait, the A side is anyway. “Oh Sweet Iceburn” is a live minidisc recording/document of a raging, intuitive shakedown set at the Flywheel in West Mass with Thurston Moore on second guitar and it SLAYS. Owl Xounds’ side of the Mef Teef split on Arbor was great too but the tape-recorder low-fidelity blurred a lot of the action/interplay. Here, shit shines a lot brighter, Adam Kriney’s drumming flies, the dual basses rumble and slam and stop on dimes, the guitars fray into fried piles of string smoke…exploding galaxy indeed. But, for better/worse, the B side isn’t really Owl Xounds, it’s an electronic remix of the side A set by Liek Twi (aka Hektor Fontanez and Anthony Lebron). It’s by no means bad per se, but the majority of it is extremely digital and computery and the glitchy deconstructionist approach to Owl Xounds’ sound eliminates all the untamed analog primitivism and intensity which seems to be their deepest strength. So, I don’t know. It seems like a strange choice. But strange is subjective, so touch the iceberg yourself – does it feel cold to you?
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