Exsanguinette and the Creek Don’t Rise

Liz Albee- trumpet, shell, electronics

B. Deiler- drums

Killick Hinds- guitar, electronics, voice

Larry Ocha- tenor, soprano saxes

D. Porter- voice

If I misspelled any of the above info I offer apologies. The liner notes are very small-even with a magnifying glass. Same issue with the song titles only much more so.

This isn’t gas music from Jupiter, it’s post-everything music from Georgia. Blisteringly loud jazz-related material is here, and it’s okay I suppose, but it’s the watery/gargley/grunting content that is much more novel. It’s funny, too, which is always welcome in the free improv corner of the world. There’s a cut that gradually becomes the Tibetan monks with the ultra-long trumpets and all that melds with a sort-of jazz big band. It sounds unworkable on paper but it succeeds totally. On another track a cookie monster does a moody soul-funk outing; this one is good campy noise and a fine parody of adolescent gothic rock. Later on hip-hop and current dance music are put to surprising uses. A frequently successful pomo diversion, this album has plenty that rises and makes a fine mess.

Solponticello

S7  025

Richard Grooms