The Hard EP

The Hard EP

Zs

Three One G, 2008

Bizarre album that sounds unlike anything else, ever. Members of Dirty Projects and also many other bands I haven't heard of. Reference points would be fairly bizarre -- Arnold Dreyblatt, The Locust, Ahleuchatistas, Ornette Coleman, Matthew Shipp, contemporary classical, noise....

Uhhhh.. if you're getting a sense that this is it's own world then you're getting the idea I'm trying to convey. On the one hand it sounds like punk/noise rock, on the other hand it sounds like a full-fledged contemporary music composition, with a healthy dose of free-improv thrown in.

Tenor sax, keyboard, guitar and drums in a vital, frenetic explosion of sound with tons of synchronized parts making it abundantly clear this isn't just a random free-improv session but something more akin to a kind of through-composed free-jazz. Fans of free improv, skronk, noise, and contemporary music should give this a listen - it's completely original and totally awesome.

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