This is a remnant of my proto-punk, punk and post-punk radio program. I probably downloaded it because it's Captain Beefheart-influenced instrumental avant-garde shit, which is a surefire way to piss off radio listeners. Looking back now, the group apparently had members of The Crazy World of Arthur Brown and High Tide, both bands I used to be a pretty big fan of, so I don't know why I never found that out before. But oh well.
Basically, that brief description is all I have to say about the release...if you (like me) enjoy some of Captain Beefheart's music, but are fairly annoyed by his vocals, this is something you might dig. The music is fairly similar, and there aren't any vocals...one review credits Arthur Brown with vocals somewhere, but I couldn't find it.
So, it's very complex, jazz-based math-rock type stuff (before there was such a thing) played with a basic guitar/drums/bass lineup. Some of it actually reminds me of a less-heavy Gore for some reason, and the later tracks veer into Sun City Girls world-music-on-western-instruments territory (which is pretty cool.)
Despite the image all this may conjure up, it's not an unpleasant listen by any means, and some of it (not the concrete noise stuff) could be good background music. Anyhow. Check it out, if ya want. Also, apparently, the whole first side is parts of a movement? Dunno.
Rustic Hinge - 'Replicas'
Tracklist:
1. T on the Lawn for 3
a. Excitation Wavelength
b. Litmus Transformation
c. Opus Pocus
d. Crystallized Petard
e. Kinesis
f. But That Was Then That Was But
g. ---
2. Last Time
3. High Tide Play Rustic Hinge
4. Rumanian Folk Dance No. 1
5. Macedonia
6. Radio Kabul
7. Rumanian Folk Dance No. 2
8. Mastadon
