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Seven Layer Ape United Fairy Moons 013 CD £10.99 Seven Layer Ape is a seven track, three-pronged attack from New Zealand based multi instrumentalists Donald McPherson (guitar, flute, percussion), Jim Currin (cello, violin) and Tim Cornelius (violin, drums, flute, junk). All the music here was improvised straight to cassette at various venues in Dunedin during the bands short life span between 2002-04, and there are some real lively death rattle stomps. McPherson’s guitar really propels the opening number- ‘Dust Tea’- spinning dislocated blues runs that are reminiscent of Loren Mazzacane Connors circa Dagget Years. But the most effective tracks seem to hang around the blistering dual string action of Currin (United Fairy Moons boss) and Cornelius (Sandoz Lab Technicians), who rabidly scrawl interlocking lines from the necks of their fiddles. This really kicks off on track four, “Otaru Vision”, as the sound hovers over eight minutes, twitching with abrupt reel phrases and echoed voices that escalate into synergic lock-wristed string jitter. Featuring great naïve hieroglyphic cover drawings by James Robinson; like Hieronymous Bosch inspired cave paintings found deep in down town Dunedin. Recommended. – Alex. |
