Other than Null & Void, this is the most fully realized album from Ground Zero, one of many projects master-minded by ambitious gadfly-turntablist Otomo Yoshihide.
Another recommendation from Scott Shelby . Yeah this is really weird but very enjoyable and has no flaws I can really point out or really notice it’s just banger avant garde jazz . Nothing much to say
🎄THE DECEMBER CHALLENGE 🎄
DAY 29: An experimental or avant-garde album for something wild
I listen to too much experimental music, so I basically just picked a record at random from my listen list LOL. Anyways, this is a fascinating mixture of Plunderphonics/Turntable Music with Avant-Garde Jazz and Brutal Prog, to the point where you can’t even tell the difference between samples and live playing on a track like “Washington Post + Japan Dissolution.” It makes for a ... read more
Now this is what every covers album should be, keeping the songs recognisable while also experimenting and morphing them into something new. This is easily Ground-Zero’s catchiest album with some absolutely incredible and fun tunes such as the extremely catchy and joyful El derecho, the incredibly haunting and atmospheric Ultra Q, and absolutely insane pieces like Those were the days and bones. The two best songs though are definitely Miagetegoran and I say a little prayer, which are some ... read more
TRACKLIST RATING:
⭐️ = BEST
💔 = WORST
El derecho de vivir en paz + Shinoshin 3/4 - 9,7 ⭐️
Ultra Q - 7
Those Were The Days - 7,5
Folhas Secas - 7
Washington Post March / Japan Dissolution - 7
Akashia No Ame Ga Yamu Toki - 7
Bones- 7,2
Where Is The Police + The Bath of Surprise - 5 💔
Miagetegoran, yoru no hoshi wo - 9,5
Yume No Hansyu - 7
Die Papple vom Karlsplatz - 7,1
A Better Tomorrow / I Say A Little Prayer (Roland Kirk Version) - 7,5
| 1 | El derecho de vivir en paz + Shinoshin 3/4 6:19 | 97 |
| 2 | Ultra Q 5:05 | 90 |
| 3 | Those Were the Days 6:19 | 90 |
| 4 | Folhas secas 3:51 | 87 |
| 5 | Washington Post March + Japan Dissolution 3:09 | 85 |
| 6 | Akashia no ame ga yamu toki 4:19 | 75 |
| 7 | Bones 2:33 | 89 |
| 8 | Where Is the Police? + The Bath of Surprise 6:22 | 64 |
| 9 | Miagetegoran, yoru no hoshi wo 8:16 | 97 |
| 10 | Yume no hansyu 4:56 | 90 |
| 11 | Die Papple vom Karlsplatz 4:56 | 93 |
| 12 | A Better Tomorrow + I Say a Little Prayer <Roland Kirk Version> 10:54 | 96 |