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Old 01-27-2013, 07:16 PM   #9112 (permalink)
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Peter Brotzmann & Bill Laswell - Low Life/Last Exit

A split between two projects containing both Brotzmann and Laswell. Low Life is a bass sax, bass, and repetitive dubbing. It's a grimy, metallic monster that's about as bassy as one can get. It's slower than Brotzmann's normal stuff, which is usually incredibly spastic, and the ten tracks by Low Life are all fantastic.

Last Exit is Brotzmann, Sharrock, Laswell, & Ronald Shannon Jackson. Here's where we get Brotzmann's trademark spasticity, and it's only helped by being accompanied by Sharrock's guitar playing and fantastic drums from Jackson. The group is great all around and it's some wonderful heavy free jazz.
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