Ouch, my wallet! Why is the first Friday of the month so early? Well, here are four artists who shut up and took my money for digital releases today:
BZAAT - Funkoholics (2022)
I saw Hadar Levi (guitar) and Aviv Mainzer (drums) aka Bzaat smashing the small Woodbunge Festival in July and I've been wearing the shirt dedicated to their song "Kill Confirmed" ever since. Time to finally get the album then, right?
"Funkoholics" consists of eight tracks of brain-melting instrumental Heavy Funky Orientally Grungy Mathy Hardcory Assy-Kicky Rock with a guitar seemingly inspired in equal parts by Morello, Weinmann and Hendrix.
And the only reason I excluded the ninth track "Staring Inside" is that it surprisingly has vocals, so I guess there's also a little King's X comparison in the mix.
It doesn't make sense to put these insane Israelis into a box anyway - they will immediately jump out of it.
This duo, this album - it's just pure fucking fun!
EMMA RUTH RUNDLE - Engine Of Hell - Live at Roadburn (2023)
The memories and emotions triggered by this release are quite different, yet at least equally as precious. Emma Ruth Rundle's intimate "Engine of Hell" is still as wonderful as the day it came out and seeing it performed live in full was an almost magical experience. For me that was in Hamburg, since I had missed the premiere performance at Roadburn due to clashes.
So here it is and Emma capturing the completely silent audience in the packed 013 only with her voice, piano and acoustic guitar is as wonderfully moving as expected.
Nothing is cut between the songs, because her humbly and humorously talking about the songs and the transformative meaning of the festival for her is a crucial part of this album, which makes it whole and gives it another dimension than the studio recording additionally to the overwhelming emotional power of those songs themselves.
As an encoure she plays - on piano, not organ - the "Pump Organ Song" from the "Orpheus Looking Back" EP.
CAZAYOUX - Rendezvous (2022)
I just reviewed the self-titled debut album of this great Latin / World Jazz Fusion band from Texas, named after and led by drummer Forest Carazoux. If you've heard and enjoyed that one you'll surely have a great time with this preceding EP from last year, too.
Six tracks, mostly short, but filled to the brim with classy brassy funky summer vibes. Carazoux just play the sound of joy. If this isn't ultimate feelgood music, what on Earth is?
BONG-RA - Vaseline (2023)
He does this on purpose, right? Jason Köhnen has so many different musical outlets at hand to follow all his manifold ideas and inspirations, yet Bong-Ra, the once solo project, which he had transformed into an epic, droning and sludgy Doom Metal meets Jazz and World Music band, now suddenly returns with an EP in the old Breakcore Electronic style. Ok, you're not confusing anyone.
But of course I'm not complaining, otherwise I wouldn't have bought this, right? There are still floating synths, which build a loose common atmospheric thread. It's only that now the mood isn't crushed by brutal distorted bass, but by a Jungle of super hard beats and noises. And what can I say? It rules! Wild stuff for friends of JK Flesh.
Slides in like... no sorry... Let's leave titles and artwork out of this mini review, before it gets silly, alright?
BZAAT - Funkoholics (2022)
I saw Hadar Levi (guitar) and Aviv Mainzer (drums) aka Bzaat smashing the small Woodbunge Festival in July and I've been wearing the shirt dedicated to their song "Kill Confirmed" ever since. Time to finally get the album then, right?
And the only reason I excluded the ninth track "Staring Inside" is that it surprisingly has vocals, so I guess there's also a little King's X comparison in the mix.
It doesn't make sense to put these insane Israelis into a box anyway - they will immediately jump out of it.
This duo, this album - it's just pure fucking fun!
EMMA RUTH RUNDLE - Engine Of Hell - Live at Roadburn (2023)
The memories and emotions triggered by this release are quite different, yet at least equally as precious. Emma Ruth Rundle's intimate "Engine of Hell" is still as wonderful as the day it came out and seeing it performed live in full was an almost magical experience. For me that was in Hamburg, since I had missed the premiere performance at Roadburn due to clashes.
Nothing is cut between the songs, because her humbly and humorously talking about the songs and the transformative meaning of the festival for her is a crucial part of this album, which makes it whole and gives it another dimension than the studio recording additionally to the overwhelming emotional power of those songs themselves.
As an encoure she plays - on piano, not organ - the "Pump Organ Song" from the "Orpheus Looking Back" EP.
CAZAYOUX - Rendezvous (2022)
I just reviewed the self-titled debut album of this great Latin / World Jazz Fusion band from Texas, named after and led by drummer Forest Carazoux. If you've heard and enjoyed that one you'll surely have a great time with this preceding EP from last year, too.
Six tracks, mostly short, but filled to the brim with classy brassy funky summer vibes. Carazoux just play the sound of joy. If this isn't ultimate feelgood music, what on Earth is?
BONG-RA - Vaseline (2023)
He does this on purpose, right? Jason Köhnen has so many different musical outlets at hand to follow all his manifold ideas and inspirations, yet Bong-Ra, the once solo project, which he had transformed into an epic, droning and sludgy Doom Metal meets Jazz and World Music band, now suddenly returns with an EP in the old Breakcore Electronic style. Ok, you're not confusing anyone.
But of course I'm not complaining, otherwise I wouldn't have bought this, right? There are still floating synths, which build a loose common atmospheric thread. It's only that now the mood isn't crushed by brutal distorted bass, but by a Jungle of super hard beats and noises. And what can I say? It rules! Wild stuff for friends of JK Flesh.
Slides in like... no sorry... Let's leave titles and artwork out of this mini review, before it gets silly, alright?
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