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ARTIST
"A" TRIO + ALAN BISHOP
TITLE
Burj al Imam
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
UNROCK
CATALOG #
UNROCK 006LP
UNROCK 006LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
6/24/2016
140-gram LP in gatefold sleeve with a special drawing by
Mazen Kerbaj
. Mastered for vinyl by
Harris Newman
. Edition of 500. Entirely recorded at Tunefork Studios on the outskirts of Beirut,
Burj al Imam
's five tracks include three largely improvised numbers, a loose reworking of
Sun City Girls
track "The Imam," and a cover of traditional Americana song "Gently Johnny" (a highlight of
Alan Bishop
's live
Alvarius B.
shows). True to their habits, the Lebanese trio of trumpeter
Mazen Kerbaj
, guitarist
Sharif Sehnaoui
, and bassist
Raed Yassin
create acoustic improvised drones that range from insistent, chiming resonances with emergency alarm bells to low, thrumming hums. Avoiding conventional technique,
"A" Trio
generates rattling, metallic vibrations and a mechanistic backdrop out of which the instruments' true voices arise. With Alan Bishop (Sun City Girls,
The Invisible Hands
,
The Dwarfs of East Agouza
) and his guitar and enigmatic voice in the mix, alternating between gentle crooning and the sounds of a howling dervish, this recording reaches an exceptional depth with strange sounds boiling down to a dark, heavy spiritual syrup. Psychedelic, industrial free jazz. Previously released on CD by the Beirut-based Annihaya label in 2015 (END 010CD).
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