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Friday, May 07, 2010

wooden wand

"In preparation for his forthcoming Michael Gira-produced album for Young God, Wooden Wand returns after a lengthy (for him) absence with a limited-edition self released album of exclusive home-recorded songs. Most of these were written and recorded following the release of Wand’s last album of all-new material, Born Bad, and the ten songs here should appeal to fans of Wand’s more picaresque work, stylistically falling somewhere between the psychedelic prophesying of the classic Harem of The Sundrum & The Witness Figg lp and the bitter battle-raps and outlaw country bummer vibes of the aforementioned Born Bad lp. Each disc is hand numbered and mounted on a square of wood. Special limited edition of only 200 copies." tothtellsthetruth

Friday, March 27, 2009

wooden wand

wooden wand - born bad (mad monk/people in a position to know 2009)


"After probably one of the worst years of James Toth's life, he writes his best album to date, and has asked people in a position to know to corelease it with his Mad Monk imprint. twelve songs of haunting beauty and sadness." people in a position to know

Thursday, February 08, 2007

egypt is the magick #

"New limited edition LP on Wooden Wand's own imprint documenting a rare outing from this mysterious NY free/mysto ensemble piloted by a buncha Hint House regulars, including Dave Shuford of The No-Neck Blues Band. The more eagle-eyed connoisseurs may have already spotted various members bolstering the NNCK/Sunburned ranks on NNCK's 1998 album, Live At Ken's Electric Lake under the Mysterygypt banner. Here the sound is of a classic lost ESP-Disk, the perfect synthesis of stumbling, primitively rendered acoustic free space that reconciles almost Shadow Ring takes on personal psychosis with a ritualistic Manson Family Jams feel and some beautifully submerged and utterly compelling 3rd Velvets album atmospherics (specifically the slow-burning gnosis of "Jesus") and temporally outta place Flynt/Hurley-styled ostrich/hillbilly protest. Flip side casts the net even wider, taking in some gloriously fucked drum machine bass and midnight hysteria and a nice, ass-flapping live full-blown psych destroyer. In other words, it goes all the way from B to Z with the kinda canny eye-swimming elan of your favourite mushroom cultivator. Or like they tell it themselves: "Resistant to the clutches of Anubis, the members of Egypt is the Magick # have emerged from a six year hiatus to produce an archival release dating from the DCLXVI Dynasty. After serving as priests to Hathor, the Mistress of Life, the Great Wild Cow, for five years, these Egyptian numerologists have honed their aesthetic reeds to razor sharp points. These tracks include glossalalia praising the pantheon, an illustration of the electromechanistic migration of the soul as well as ecstasy soaked instrumental excursions. Look for these adepts appearing at your local oasis soon! 180 gram vinyl, full color covers, 500 copies!" Totally great and highly recommended." volcanic tongue
Atum: on guitars, plastics, voices
Shu: hand drums, percussions, mouth, winds

influencias: Yahowah 13; Cabaret Voltaire; John Fahey... the Dogon People; slaves who make monuments to their kings

sounds like: a good idea at the (space) time

el pasaporte ideal para viajar a Egyptolandia...y no volver