EXZOSKELETON
Exploring Biology
Got a note from Billy Sides the other day, asking if I was still around and interested in hearing some weird shit. I sent a rather bland note back, but I think he got the idea anyway. So he sent me this. I suppose this would properly fall in the territory of free jazz. Sax and bass clarinet screeching around Sides' drumming and the occasional synth bit. Like I said, I guess it's free jazz. It is a racket, and not necessarily the cleanest one. At times, the recording quality is a bit low. What doesn't change is the uncomprimising aggressive playing. I mean, these folks will blow until all the houses come down. Ragged? Messy? Sure. Wonderful? Exactly. Because while there aren't a lot of connections on the surface, these songs hang together in the undergrowth. A mess, but a glorious one. Enervating and exhilarating. Big smiles, indeed.

Jon Worley, Aiding & Abetting #202