dream/aktion unit

dream/aktion unit - blood shadow rampage (volcanic tongue, 2006)

"Volcanic Tongue is proud to present the first ever release by the Dream/Aktion Unit, a free-thinking avant garage Ur-kestra based around the central kernel of guitarist Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), saxophonist Paul Flaherty and drummer Chris Corsano (Six Organs Of Admittance, Sunburned Hand Of The Man et al) and featuring Heather Leigh Murray (Taurpis Tula/Jandek/Charalambides) on pedal steel and vocals and Matt Heyner (No-Neck Blues Band/Test/Angelblood) on upright bass.

The Dream/Aktion Unit were originally birthed as a side-project to allow Thurston Moore and Jim O’Rourke to fully explore the kind of ecstatic power blues that their work in Sonic Youth repeatedly implied. The addition of legendary New England saxophonist Paul Flaherty and powerhouse drummer Chris Corsano provided them with an umbilical connection straight to the source of modern musical freedom, while working to liberate them from previously articulated modes of known rock-speak. As a quartet, the group tore through a bunch of the USA’s most winning festival spaces - their ground-levelling F/X pedal assault at the De Stijl/Freedom FromParticular mention must be made of the classic horror artwork, courtesy of Karen Constance (Blood Stereo). An Edgar Allan Poe short story come to life, the images and the gore-filled track titles (my particular favourite being “Here Come the Fucking Dead”) compliment the unearthly sonics contained on disc. “Blood Shadow Rampage” is a prime example of what the commercial music industry is lacking: exquisite packaging, originality, and good fucking music! 9/10 bash in Minneapolis in 2003 being a particular landmark - with both guitarists drawing creative sustenance from the kind of ego-obliterating drums/horn interaction previously articulated by players like The Reverend Frank Wright, Glenn Spearman, Denis Charles and Albert Ayler..." volcanic tongue

"Particular mention must be made of the classic horror artwork, courtesy of Karen Constance (Blood Stereo). An Edgar Allan Poe short story come to life, the images and the gore-filled track titles (my particular favourite being “Here Come the Fucking Dead”) compliment the unearthly sonics contained on disc. “Blood Shadow Rampage” is a prime example of what the commercial music industry is lacking: exquisite packaging, originality, and good fucking music! 9/10" foxy digitalis

"...grabado en vivo en escocia durante el 2005, "blood shadow rampage" es un esfuerzo forjado a punta de destrucción de acordes de guitarra, pérfidas líneas de saxo y baterías a destiempo. existe una suerte de naturaleza destructiva que lo hace un disco lleno de agudismos y chillidos que simulan una mente rabiosa en plena explosión delirante. muy en los momentos explosivos y desbordados de henry cow o glenn branca. todo coronado con nombres como 'el nacimiento del enjendro', 'aquí viene la maldita/puta muerte', 'enterrado vivo y disfrutándolo', etc. no es difícil imaginarse a donde va todo. riéndose de la muerte a través de la experimentación y enseñándole a toda una legión de metaleros que se puede hacer música brutal, sin utilizar si quiera un mísero riff de guitarra. sin embargo, la cacofonía es solo la forma superficial de un núcleo de improvisación bastante consistente. la soltura con que interactúan los instrumentos siempre fluye creando un sostenido diálogo que hace que el disco ya termine cuando recién quedaba mucho por disfrutarlo. destaca ciertamente el trabajo de flaherty en los vientos, que de cierta forma, es el protagonista conductor de estas siete piezas abrasivas, chillonas y fantasmagóricas al cohesionar todo el ritual drónico-apocalíptico que envuelve y caracteriza al disco..." no-wave!

thurston moore guitar

paul flaherty alto saxophone

chris corsano drums

count heinowski contrabass

heather leigh murray pedal steel guitar