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Rating: LA RECENSIONE
Highly acidic "progressive-jazz" that unravels the final hieroglyph of an Egyptian stele; shapeless rhapsodies; allure of the cryptic, the incomplete. Frenzied needles of nautical compasses, missing pieces of Byzantine mosaics.
The ethereal improvisations of National Health descend to Earth and become flesh, become matter. Dense swarms of obstinate oboes, buzzing clarinets, zigzagging sax; they fly free and incomprehensible and get entangled in gigantic webs of rhythmic improvisations.
Surrealist automatic writing that becomes sound, creating messy sketches on battered canvases; chaotic atelier of compulsive painters. Third Ear Band that smothers its psychedelic offspring and conceives others, melodramatic and expressionist.
Sensations on edge, electricity in the air. Will it rain or won't it?
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Henry Cow's Unrest is a complex and innovative progressive jazz album featuring dense, frenzied improvisations and surreal soundscapes. The music blends obscure jazz influences with chaotic rhythmic webs, creating an alluring and enigmatic listening experience. Its expressionist and experimental nature challenges traditional jazz norms, earning it a notable place in avant-garde music.Tracklist Videos
Henry Cow
Henry Cow were an English avant-prog and experimental rock group formed in Cambridge in 1968 by Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson. As founders of Rock in Opposition, they fused complex composition with improvisation and political intent before disbanding in 1978.06 Reviews
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By Giona
Henry Cow have crafted another excellent example of pioneering avant-progressive pushed to the limit of experimentalism.
The B-side... is the perverse black bible of the Cow, creating a gloomy and disturbing artifact, only minimally illuminated at the end.
