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Mette Rasmussen, Tashi Dorji, Tyler Damon - To The Animal Kingdom (Trost Records, August 25, 2017)

A few months ago, I wrote on these pages about Tashi Dorji, a protégé of Ben Chasny (Six Organs of Admittance), a guitarist from Bhutan who now resides in the USA, forming a combo of rare power and expressive capacity with drummer Tyler Damon. Aware that this is not a type of sound that universally gathers acclaim, I present the duo here in the company of a big name in the genre, the Danish saxophonist (but based in Trondheim, Norway) Mette Rasmussen, a collaborator of Chris Corsano and, among other things, a member of Mats Gustafsson's expanded formation Fire!. "To The Animal Kingdom" was recorded in Toronto in 2016: the resulting effect from listening is absolutely devastating, alternating between noise fury and moments of an ambient nature, and particularly highlighting Rasmussen's saxophone, which reigns supreme over the metallic and art-expressive surface of the Torji-Damon duo, who confirm their already recognized chemistry here. Released by the Austrian label Trost Records, the album is expected to be followed by the release of a collection of other recordings from the same period on Feeding Tube Records in the coming days. I haven't listened to it yet, but of course, I expect the value to be equivalent: after all, the more programs you have, the more you go to touch the true "nature" of the genre.

3/5

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To The Animal Kingdom | trost records