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Botafogos in Shadow Position

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DL/DS 05:17
What you got to be like that for? Bellicose and bothered on the corner Judging all the people as they glide by That man, There he stands. He's so free-thinking, free-thinking With a beg to jar them in
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Oh, samurai Spy you with my harmless eye Through the tiny window of my Hiding in the dining room of whom and why It's a child's eye Never understanding why they all die
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The second of two EPs released in 2018, this is the "West Coast" counterpart to VTH's AASRAA. This release shows the band stretching out, with a pair of epics born out of improvisational sketches, a pair of noisy electronic explorations, and a pair of through-composed miniatures. No guitars!

"Opener “Chualar Diorama” lounches with a powerful growling bass figure and chaotic drums, and with the intense wordless vocals tends to remind me of classic Magma. “DL / DS” again has the vocal power, though this time with lyrics, which they follow up with a sprightly instrumental jazz workout that grooves along nicely powered by the woodwinds and keys. “Linconlon Log” is a short piece in sort of a twisted chamber style, making use of bassoon and oboe alongside synth, glockenspiel, clavinet, and Mellotron. “Cushion Fortress” crawls along darkly and deliberately with powerfull bass and drums crossing paths with two electric pianos, one played conventionally, the other making electronic weirdsounds, with oboe, bassoon, and bass clarinet and a section for Neuberg’s vocals and lyrics. This and “DL / DS” are easily the high points, but truly this entire EP is a most unusual and wonderful slab of avant experimental rock."
-Peter Thelen, Expose.org

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released December 6, 2018

Richard E Barber - bassoon, electronics / Jason Berry - soprano saxophone, electronics, percussion, sounds / Kyle Bruckmann - oboe, cor anglais / Amanda Chaudhary - keyboards, synthesizers / Michael de la Cuesta - synthesizers, percussion / Richard Lesnik - clarinet, bass clarinet / Justin Markovits - drum kit / Thollem McDonas - keyboards / Amy X Neuburg - voice / Thomas Scandura - drum kit / Stephen Wright - bass guitar

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vacuum tree head San Francisco, California

Vacuum Tree Head was formed by Jason Berry and Michael de la Cuesta in a garage in south San José, California, in 1989. Inspired equally by punk rock, free jazz, electronic music and modern composition, we recorded in whatever style we wanted, on whatever instrument we could get our hands on, in whichever manner we pleased. VTH ceased operations in December of 2019. ... more

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