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Show Reviews dark, bluesy and experimental batch A horizon-expandin- g the early punks had a real sense of melody and a feeling for song writing craft instead of the thrash and the total angry decapure hard-cor- e dence the Decline of Western Civilization mutated the form into. Once again, go check out the roots. 1, 2, 3, 4, gabba, gabba hey, lets by William Alhey go. Manifestation Axiom Collection II Axiom -- 314-514 re-ent- er Big Wheel - Slowtown - Mammoth 0047-- 4 There is also some very nicely d played on Bug guitar Bites and one of jazz-style- those heavy metal ballads, Lazy Day .Song thanes include children from broken homes; Daddys At The Wheel, families; Birthday and ethics, Pete Rose. There is nothing alternative about the album. It is plainly and simply a very good pop rock and roll album. It is a purchase more worthy of your hard earned dollars than the d latest alternative buzz band. Mammoth keeps sending these little gems dont overlook anything on the label. over-hype- The Adlcts Sound Of Music Cleopatra - CLE033152 This is a reissue from 1982. It spunk rock; not thrash or hard-cor- e; punk rock. You know, like the Ramoncs, the Saints, the Dead Boys, early Clash or Radio Birdmcn. The songs arc about three minutes long and although the speed is high. Monkey, vocals, actually sings. There is some melody to the songs and the other band members chime in with some background vocals. The hard-cor- e scene was in full swing when this was recorded, but the Adicts work territory from four or five years previous. These guys arc pogoing, not slam dancing. They only lotow three chords, but they put them together to form songs. They arent trying to play as fast as they possibly can, and they are not as pissed-of- f as die spoiled California brats who turned this music into pure anger and brutal noise. They even use violin and piano in some songs. I like this CD. Its a good reminder that Page 14 forum Christian Death, Sex Gang Children, Nosfcratu and Mephisto Waltz are among the featured bands. This CD should go over big in Salt Lake City if the radio secs fit to play it; Dark, brooding, goth has never lost its popularity here. The Cure, Bauhaus, Soft Cell and Siouxie and the Banshees receive almost daily airplay. 453-- 2 - new Christian Death in 1 99 1 . The Path of Sorrows is the second recording by that resurrected band. I dont know if it can be called a band. The CD is mostly Williams reciting his poetry to minimalist guitar, bass, drums, samples and keyboard backing. He has the devils choir help him out on Psalm (Maggots Lair), where he twists biblical psalms to his own dark his mothers womb vision. He begs to in Mother." The lyrics Mother could I come back through you? Mother, could I come back to you? 0, Mother could I crawl back into you? demonstrate. One of the most plodding versions of the Velvet Undergrounds Venus In Furs Ive ever heard is included on the CD. This is a good example of what happens to people who spend all their time sleeping in coffins, wearing black and painting their faces white. Call it new age music for vampires. have two of my favorite band names. They get one dark song each. 1 f? The Axiom Collection II is a compilation of the output from the Axiom label during the time period early 1992 through the fall of 1993. The album is not just another compilation of tracks from available albums. Over half the CD is comprised of music unavail able anywhere else. The music on the label is best described by lifting a statement directly from the press release. That centuries-ol- d songs and traditions from North Africa and the Middle East are at home with digital recording and instrument The Whip is over 70 minutes of similar music. Get out the black garter belt and the fish net hose, find a cat o nine tails and some chains, put on this CD and indulge yourself. Now a couple for all the new agers. I f you must listen to the music, at least experiment a ' little. Playing By Ear is a distributor of many fnc labels who release experimental classical, electronic and world music. Their address is 1244 Mojave Dr., Colton, CA 92324. Write to them and get a catalog. Quit buying the stuff from the world and new age sections at the local mall store. tension power lines and it inspires an image of a dome on the moon. His third piece, Natural Encounter, is bleak and dark. The natural encounter might be the sound of nuclear winter. Of the two Extreme CDs I prefer work, although the ORourke CD has a certain attraction. Hce-man- ns Blues Master: The Essential Blues Collec 1 " I tion Volumes 6 10 Rhino Records Volume 6: Blues Originals ' is without a doubt my favorite album of the latest in Rhino's Blues Masters series. If you thought Stevie Ray Vaughn w rote Texas Flood, you were wrong. The original, recorded in 1958 by Larry Davis, smokes. The Larry Davis song is only one among several Jim ORourke - Remove The Need - Extreme rarities included on this album. Ann Cole "-y with the Suburbans & Orchestra are here 01 with their original version of Got My Mojo Jim ORourke . Working (But It Just Wont WorLOn You). technology is integral to Axioms mission to Canned Heat retitled Henry Thomas Bullstudied composirelease fully integrated music. Aggressive doze Blues song from the 20s and had a hit and radical, yet subtle, futuristic yet based in tion at DePaul. He with Goin Up the Country in the 60s. traditions, with an underlying spiritual and is currently at work The rarities alone arc well worth the price. on a commissioned aesthetic creed. Axiom recordings break new The more available recordings add to the score for The ground with each release. value. A little name dropping may be in order to Xronos Quartet. He The next most interesting volume is Volthis with has recorded demonstrate the nature of the music on ume 10: Blues Roots. This volume includes CD. Bootsy Collins, Bemie Worrell, Henry Henry Kaiser. Remove The Need is ORourke and solo various forms and styles of music that when Thrcadgill, Shabba Ranks, Sly & Robbie, Jah Wobble, Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley and prepared guitar. The album consists of four put together add up to the blues forms of Herbie Hancock arc among the more promipieces. To say it is minimalist would be an today. Volume 8: Mississippi Delta Blues is nent musical names appearing on various songs. understatement. The music is a simple rising a volume with the unique styles and topics The CD was produced by Bill Laswell. If you and falling drone. Layers of tones are mixed coming from the area. Volume 7: Blues havent heard of at least a few of those people, into ongoing sounds that are simultaneously Revival brings the important artists and recordings of the 60s blues revival together. irritating and frightening. Call it experimental, , I suggest you quit living in a closet. stand-ouOne disc could never truly accomplish the it call CD is the the or feature of The t pure I suggest you buy this for meditation, to task but taken as a sampling the disc is pretty intensity of the rhythms. It combines syna enter a psychic trance, or you could pretend it good. thetic, sampled and third world rhythms into The last volume, Volume 9: Postmodern new world stew. Anyone with the attitude that was a subliminal tape. Use it to quit smoking, It lose or Blues, has what may be the more familiar weight. improve your rap isnt music could have an experience if theyd open their ears and minds could also be used to torture neighbors, dogs, current names. B.B. King, Albert Collins, children or enemies. Put it in your jeep with . Robert Cray, George Thorogood and Stevie with a listen to Manifestation. Carlinhos Brown does a Portuguese rap on that booming sound system and prepare to Ray Vaughn are all here with a song. This is Bahia Blacks Capitao Do Asfalto. Shabba dodge bullets, bottles and baseball bats on a . the weakest volume in the set, at least to me. Most of the songs are from available albums. Ranks raps over the dub treatment on Materials Saturday night drive down State Street. I O Dub the FBI has heard of Rourke. The disc is good for an introduction, but any is prominently featured, wonder if Reality Dub. and as the press release points out, die music is I think his music would be useful for the next true blues fan will already have these songs. trance music of various kinds. The Master time they surround religious fanatics in a Rhinos done it again. These five discs are Musicians of Jajouka and Gnawa Music of pound. A few hours of this music and they a welcome addition to the series and they show Marrakesh have the more ancient forms while would come out convinced that the second once again that Rhino continually reissues the latest from Praxis and Material demoncoming of Satan was upon them. They would some great music. Some of their releases are a strate modem trance and dance. beg for the peace and quiet of a jail cell. I find little uneven, but I applaud the attempt and The CD is accessible, the rhythms are hot, it more enjoyable and stimulating than the recommend this set to blues novices. Hard and the music is diverse. Purchasing this CD is sounds of water, waves or wind. core blues enthusiasts will be especially intera good way to end whatever musical rut youve ested in Volume 6 and Volume 10. - Invisible Barrier found yourself trapped in. Yet another highly Heemann Christoph recommended buy. Extreme 019 Dwight Yoakam - This Time - Reprise 9 '- self-indulgen- ce. eye-openi- ng self-estee- m , 45241-- The Whip Various Artists 15752 - Cleopatra The cover is a de- piction of bondage and sadomasochism. The hooters arc lovely enough to be the envy of the Hinckley, Utahclan of Peterson women, although they are encased in, black bras. The Whip was originally released on vinyl in 1982. Classified as one of the first testaments of the Batcave Generation when it was originally released; this CD reissue adds some new recordings which only serve to further the concept. Spahn Ranch and Kommunity FK April 20, 1993 Christoph Heemann is a German sound experimentalist. He com- bines the usual sounds of waves, birds and orchestras with the unsettling sound of sirens, pigs at a trough and horns honking. These sounds are mixed with ticking time bombs and sweeping electronics for what Ill call sound collages. This album contains three of Heemanns sound experiments. The first piece, Sounds of Distance, brings to mind images of flying saucers landing and a third world traffic jam; all in the same piece. The second, Moon and Half Dome, has the droning sound of high 2 What the hell? This is on a major label, is this the Salt Lake Tribune ? The nextthingyouknow Ill be reviewing Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger. I love Dwight Yoakam; it must be those tight jeans with the tom knees. The first song, Pocket of a Clown, demonstrates Yoakams infatuation with Buck Owens. A Thousand Miles is a throwaway, but This. Time gets the ache right. Heres the twang my parents dissed while listening to those Enrico Continued on Page 15 From-Nowher- e |