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VHF93CD - CD
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LATEST IN VHF'S SERIES OF DUET RELEASES FEATURING MINIMALIST GUITARIST RICHARD YOUNGS (RECENT WIRE COVER STAR), THIS IS THE FOLLOW UP TO YOUNG'S AND NEILSON'S OUTSTANDING 2003 COLLABORATION "OURSELVES" (VHF82CD). THESE TWO PROLIFIC PLAYERS ARE AT THE TOP OF THEIR GAME, PAIRING SOME IMMEDIATELY IDENTIFIABLE ELEMENTS - ALEX NEILSON'S SUPERB JASS-INFLUENCED DRUMMING, RICHARD YOUNGS' UNMISTAKEABLE VOICE - WITH A THICK LAYER OF TRULY PSYCHEDELIC CLAMOUR!
THE BRIEF "CHAMBER" RIPS OUT A NOISE LIKE A CLASSIC 60'S SUN RA / PAT PATRICK DUO, SEGUEING INTO THE ALSO RA-ISH MASTERPIECE "MUSIC OF THE LOST SUN". THE POINT IN "LOST SUN" WHERE YOUNGS' VOICE AND GUITAR EMERGE FROM THE POLYGLOT SOUND FOR A BEAUTIFUL MELODIC INTERLUDE IS JUST TOO MUCH. THE SECOND HALF OF THE RECORD HAS A LESS LAYERED FEEL, BEGINNING WITH THE A CAPELLA "NOATAK BEACON" THEN MOVING INTO MORE AGGRO TERRITORY WHERE NEILSON'S BOWED CYMBALS TAKING ON YOUNGS' GUITAR ON "MOUNTAIN". THE SHORT CUT-UP "BIG AEROPLANES" ENDS THE RECORD ON A FINAL NOTE OF MYSTERY. TRACKLISTING: 1: CHAMBER 2: MUSIC OF THE LOST SUN 3: NOATAK BEACON 4: MOUNTAIN 5: BIG AEROPLANES
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WIRE REVIEW, MOJO REVIEW, SUNDAY TIMES REVIEW