Supergroup formed by Sir Richard Bishop, Ben Chasny, and Chris Corsano. I've said it all (of course, @ALFAMA said it all before me).
#buzz
Rangda – Formerly Extinct (Drag City Records, 2012)
I don't know if this supergroup is still formally active. Probably yes, after all, the last LP dates back only a couple of years, so there is good hope that their discography can expand even in the near future. Rangda is an experience that began in 2010 within the Drag City Records circle, and it's an incredible combo of musicians consisting of the trio Sir Richard Bishop, Ben Chasny (Six Organs of Admittance), and drummer Chris Corsano. "Formerly Extinct" from 2012 is their second LP and perhaps the most representative and powerful one. The album probably leans more on the compositional ideas of Sir Richard Bishop and his avant-rock, but this—combined with the wisdom of another great guitarist and composer like Ben Chasny and Corsano's drumming—somehow amalgamates and relocates into a dimension different from his solo work. Boasting a chemistry that feels natural among such talented musicians, the album carries that fury reminiscent of the Rangda demon, the queen of the leyak of Bali and fierce enemy of the forces of good. Electric "bolero" compositions like "Idol's Eye," "The Vault," "Majnun," and "Tres Hambres" see intertwining guitar sounds and frenzies of noise music and avant-jazz rhythms, leading to post-hardcore and motorik obsessions in "Plugged Nickel"; with "Majnun," one can also glimpse the exotic influences typical of Bishop, further emphasized in the Mediterranean-tinged composition "Silver Nile" during an incredible twelve-minute session, while "Goodbye Mr. Gentry" features that harmonious, circular quality and devotion to American primitivism that is Ben Chasny's trademark. I think it's very rare to see a combination of such foundational musicians who have had a significant influence in the world of alternative and experimental music over the past twenty to thirty years like very few others: a truly incredible combination.
Rangda - Formely Extinct (2012) (Full Album)
#rangda #dragcity #formerlyextinct
#buzz
Rangda – Formerly Extinct (Drag City Records, 2012)
I don't know if this supergroup is still formally active. Probably yes, after all, the last LP dates back only a couple of years, so there is good hope that their discography can expand even in the near future. Rangda is an experience that began in 2010 within the Drag City Records circle, and it's an incredible combo of musicians consisting of the trio Sir Richard Bishop, Ben Chasny (Six Organs of Admittance), and drummer Chris Corsano. "Formerly Extinct" from 2012 is their second LP and perhaps the most representative and powerful one. The album probably leans more on the compositional ideas of Sir Richard Bishop and his avant-rock, but this—combined with the wisdom of another great guitarist and composer like Ben Chasny and Corsano's drumming—somehow amalgamates and relocates into a dimension different from his solo work. Boasting a chemistry that feels natural among such talented musicians, the album carries that fury reminiscent of the Rangda demon, the queen of the leyak of Bali and fierce enemy of the forces of good. Electric "bolero" compositions like "Idol's Eye," "The Vault," "Majnun," and "Tres Hambres" see intertwining guitar sounds and frenzies of noise music and avant-jazz rhythms, leading to post-hardcore and motorik obsessions in "Plugged Nickel"; with "Majnun," one can also glimpse the exotic influences typical of Bishop, further emphasized in the Mediterranean-tinged composition "Silver Nile" during an incredible twelve-minute session, while "Goodbye Mr. Gentry" features that harmonious, circular quality and devotion to American primitivism that is Ben Chasny's trademark. I think it's very rare to see a combination of such foundational musicians who have had a significant influence in the world of alternative and experimental music over the past twenty to thirty years like very few others: a truly incredible combination.
Rangda - Formely Extinct (2012) (Full Album)
#rangda #dragcity #formerlyextinct
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