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Infidel?/Castro! - Bioentropic Damage Fractal

Infidel?/Castro! is an "experimental" band from Philly comprising of George Korein and the incredibly talented Colin Marston (of Krallice, Gorguts, Dysrhythmia and Behold...the Arctopus fame). They've been on hiatus since 2005 which is the year they released Bioentropic Damage Fractal. I'm really upset that I got this album only now because I would really have liked to discuss this avant-garde...creature with Colin when I met him. No point dwelling in the past, let's move on to the album.

B.D.F., simply put, is a sprawling amalgam of noise, idm, glitch and dark ambient. There are probably more genres/sounds thrown into the cauldron that I don't think I have heard...yet. Originally packaged as a double-disc album, us downloaders will have to experience the whole thing as one (unless you tag the 2 sets of track as different albums). I'm not complaining. The songs on this album range from under 2 minutes to over 20 minutes and every single one of them is insanity in audio form. I'm still on my 2nd listen and loving this shit more than ever.

Word of advice: I don't want to alienate my blog readers but it really would help if you are into the noise genre otherwise this album will go unappreciated. This is not easy-listening but rather rewarding once you get into it.

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Boris...LIVE

So while chilling out and waiting for the Unsane show (which is no doubt going to kick ass) I realized that I'll finally be seeing BORIS live tomorrow (with Torche & Russian Circles). Boris are without a doubt one of my favourite bands ever and I support this with the fact that I have 97% of their musical output (mostly downloads, alright? stfu) and love almost every minute of it. Their live show is supposed to be amazing and "looking forward to it" is a criminal understatement.

In honour of the show tomorrow, here's a little playlist I compiled that reflects what I think their setlist will be (I'd love to think that they'll play Flood/Feedbacker/Amplifier Worship in their entirety but I doubt that's going to happen):

1. Farewell (full version) [Pink]

2. Rainbow [Rainbow with Michio Kurihara]

3. 8 [Japanese Heavy Rock Hits Vol. 1]

4. Luna [Chapter Ahead Being Fake split with Torche]

5. Floor Shaker [Statement 7'' (but I've uploaded the live version from the Wolf Creek show)]

6. Statement [Smile/Statement 7'']

7. Woman On The Screen [Pink]

8. A Bao A Qu [This song has several versions. Of the A Bao A Qu 7'', Mabuta No Ura Film Soundtrack, The Thing Which Solomon Overlooked and the Variations versions, the one on the 7'' is the best but it's also the longest so for the sake of brevity (relative to a Boris playlist, after all), I've put up the Variations version]

9. 16:47:52... [Japanese Heavy Rock Hits Vol. 3]

10. Akirame Flower [Golden Dance Classics split with 9dw]

11. Pink [Pink]

12. Korosu [Heavy Rocks]

13. 1970 [Heavy Rocks]

14. Untitled [This song is on Smile but the live version from the Wolf Creek show is definitely much better so I've put up that one]

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So that's it. For a complete list of their discography, head over to their page on Metal Archives. If you're in NYC and haven't heard about this show and would like to check it out, it's at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn.

The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation

If you liked Bohren & Der Club of Gore or ambient/noise/drone/jazz, you will enjoy this album.

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Flood-Boris

Another Boris related post, because I've been listening to them extensively. Here's Flood, which is definitely in the top 3 of my favourite Boris albums. I've uploaded the version that came with the title track split into 4 parts so you can appreciate each part for what it is. This is a beautiful album.


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