The Berlin-based, Baltimore quartet return with their special brand of mesmeric, experimental rock, weaving a rich maze of African polyrhythmic patterns and fascinating tessellations of percussion, guitar, bass, saxophone, microtones, electronic and voice loops. Max Eilbacher, Andrew Bernstein, Sam Haberman and Owen Gardner are a tightly playful unit and are joined with deliciously odd, chanting, almost bagpipe vocals by Nina Guo and Evelyn Saylor, from opener Eureka 378-B, and such as on shorter looping tracks such as Rotation I, II and III with phrases like “we are not biting,” “we are seeking,” and “we are home”, and throughout the album other guests Madison Greenstone on bass clarinet, Weston Olencki on trombone providing their own otherworldly bleeps, squeals, chords and drones, adding a fabulous new dimension to the band’s sound. Highlights include the mind-boggling Brain Of The Firm, First Galactica Utopia, Before The Law, the trippy funk of A City Yet To Come, and the closing title track, but the entire album when left to soak into the subconscious, has a transcendent, strangely meditational effect, a bit like looking at a Bridget Riley artwork. Out on RVNG Intl.
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