Finally it's here: Clüster Duo's new LP, Dances.
Improvised fuckery is the name of the game. Better get it now, only 300 or so were made. 12€ + postage. Contact us for order info -> raivoprod@yahoo.com. Buy something else while you're at it, and save on postage -> distro
Clüster Duo: Dances LP (Qbico 44)
Walter Swanljung: keyboards, Ville Sahlakari: drums
four tracks, 35 minutes.
To hear a sampler, click here: MP3, 6 megs & 6 minutes
This has been said about Dances:
"Nothing to do with notorious slow globes Moebius and Rodelius, Cluster Duo is a fabulously fucked drums/organ partnership from Finland - Walter Swanljung on keyboards and Ville Sahlakari on drums – that take the post-Tony Williams/Emergency keys/skins dunt into further dimensions of now with an attack that is just ferocious. Swanljung’s keyboard work is somewhere between Cale ’66 and Ra ’72 while Sahlakari’s percussion work owes as much to Mouthus and Sightings as it does to Sunny Murray and Rashied Ali. If No Wave stood for freedom, this’d be their liberation orchestra. On gold vinyl highly recommended." - Volcanic Tongue"It seems that this Finnish jazz-noise duo has finally gotten its act refined to completion. "Dances" contains very solid, free noise, made with synths and drums. Especially the opening track of side A, "Ensimmäinen rundi", shows what this style of music is all about: bits and pieces of melody as well as nice movements of sound still existing within the noisy layers. The album could still be a bit rougher sound-wise, but it's quite OK as it is now. (And the problem disappears in a good space with big loudspeakers - so this is very DJ-friendly stuff in that sense.)
The second track "Selvin päin" doesn't quite reach the same intensity, and is more a technical than an emotional piece. Interesting, yes, but not really captivating. The first track on B-side, ""Ei hoppua" is also thin. It is very annoying due to the squeaks on it, but that just makes it weirdly effective. Despite containing clearly recognizable drums, it's in a good way very similar to many analog noise compositions. The short final track "Yksinäinen mies" is almost at the level of the first song, wild and powerful. It is by far the most freejazz-like of the four pieces, and nicely sums up the differing styles used on the album.
A pretty golden vinyl disc, along with the cleverly content-contrasted sides of the packaging finishes up this very fine record. This is a highly recommendable purchase for people who are into acoustic and/or jazz-based noise."
-Jiituomas, Kuolleen Musiikin Yhdistys (Finland)