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Splinter Group: Blowing Down Blue Sky

Read "Blowing Down Blue Sky" reviewed by Rex  Butters


G.E. Stinson’s Splinter Group experiments with popular song forms by microwaving them. Often the most sonically adventurous member of a band, Stinson plays with his own kind here. Steuart Liebig, Kaoru, and DJ Chowderhead add shards, shreds, and splotches of sound to the robotically unadorned beats. Known for his fluid imagination and flowing funk technique, Liebig contributes to the electrical storm brewing through the songs. Kaoru recites and sings, often unintelligibly but never without effect. She also dispenses electronics and ...

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Splinter Group: Blowing Down Blue Sky

Read "Blowing Down Blue Sky" reviewed by Farrell Lowe


This album is cool! Sorta like crashing down your favorite alley in the back seat of Satan's Cadillac with the top down and the radio tuned to a shortwave criss-cross. Imagine hearing fuzzy nods to the likes of Can circa '74, Fred Frith guitar drones, strange Casiotone renditions of Fontana Mix, Jannick Top's magnetic bass lines, and Naked City stopped by the border patrol between what and where...jam it all together into a Kurt Schwitters-esqe collage, stand it up in ...

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