Nels Cline / Wally Shoup / Chris Corsano

Nels Cline / Wally Shoup / Chris Corsano: Immolation / Immersion

by Rex Butters
May 24, 2006

Nels Cline, Wally Shoup, and Chris Corsano combine to bring a few generations of ferocious improvisational sonic sorcery to this appropriately titled release. With lightning reflexes and diamond intuition, the trio veers from scorched earth intensity to restrained journeys across eerie irradiated landscapes on a collective whim. While the towering technique inherent in the ensemble implies a vein-bursting blow fest, these three players explore regions of haunting understatement with the same strength of inspiration.

The ride begins with Lake of ...