while on the subject of challenging records....Burning Star Core has made quite a few of them. the nom de plume of C. Spencer Yeh who has been released limited cassettes, CDR's and LP's since the very early 2000's. "Challenger" was released back in 2008 on Plastic Records (and CD on Hospital Records) and was his first LP to show a markedly different tone and direction. granted some of the noise is still in there but it's more composed on this record and is intertwined with slowly moving synth lines and other subtler touches. can't say I'm really surprised to see this direction from BSC considering his nonstop touring and collaborating, especially in the last 3-4 years with free jazz musicians and other non-noise dudes.
great record of more composed pieces. bought it a while ago but hadn't given it a full listen really and recently was looking at my LP's with artwork by Robert Beatty and thought I'd give this another spin. well worth it. check it out here.
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