TRUMMERFLORA 2 (Accretions compilation)released in 1998
TRUMMERFLORA 2 (Accretions compilation)
released in 1998
MK involvement:
Guitar on the track "Improv"
Comments:
This track is an excerpt from the live show Ultra 7 performed at Claire De Lune, in San Diego, on June 20 1998 - not long at all before "We're Not Here To Help 1.0" sputtered into being. This is the show that the cops closed down. This is also the first show I did with the miraculously cool Nordegg-turbo-charged pedalboard which worked like a charm throughout virtually all of the touring BFD then did (although it started ailing in Seattle). The first minute and a half of this piece is the sound of me modulating guitar feedback with Korg Chorus-derived vibrato and Whammy Pedal pitch adjustment. Were it not for Thomas Nordegg, this minute and a half of music wouldn't exist. The rest of the piece is nice, clangorous noisemaking by people who really like to make noise.
Available from Accretions PO Box 81973 San Diego, CA 92138 USA
http://www.accretions.com
TRUMMERFLORA (Accretions compilation)MK involvement:
Guitars on "Experimental Breakfast" and "Crop Circle #119", piano on "Gold Spot"
Comments:
Four San Diego bands play their trade on this release: Z.O. Voider, Dodecaphonic, Wormhole and Ultra 7. I'm a member of Ultra 7, as it happens, along with a hero of mine, Marcelo Radulovich, and two wonderful percussionists from the band Burning Bridges, Marcos Fernandes and Robert Montoya. We just showed up at the studio and improvised some stuff, then I went away and the other gentlemen turned them into songs. I'm real happy with it, especially "Gold Spot", a very altered acoustic-space improv which has a woman named Ute Apfelstedt telling a strange story atop it and doing violin and flute overdubs as well - very evocative, and I'm quite pleased with my piano part. "Experimental Breakfast" is very cool too, a greasy funk item with a great sax arrangement by Robbie Helm, and "Crop Circle" has a pretty huge groove that will move you (although my guitar in the left channel is a touch too quiet). The other three bands provide fascinating tracks also. This is a nifty release; check it out.
(available from Accretions, P.O. Box 81973 San Diego CA 92138)
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