Hototogisu

|Live in Porto|

Recorded live in Porto on the 25th of February 2005, this release shows Hototogisu at their most intense. A 45 minutes long sondwall that does not fade through the filters of the recording. A true highlight on the discography of the musicians Matthew Bower and Marcia Bassett.

The noise gushing from the speakers at the concert was so loud that the sound engineer of the venue decided to turn off the PA midway through the performance. But you will feel no difference. The sound just continues to grow louder, harsher and more hypnotic.

Close to the end, the musicians step down the stage and sit with the audience. Admiring what they had created. What you hear during the last minutes of the recording is all self-generated.

Do not adjust the volume of your stereo.

This edition comes in a gatefold cardboard sleeve with silkscreened original art by Marcia Bassett.

Limited to 170 copies.

"Taken from the bone blasting gig with Richard Youngs in Porto earlier this year, Brooming Mephitic Blast is the first release on the Soopa/Esquilo live series with a second in-the-flesh session coming soon from Wolf Eyes. Limited to only 170 copies, the disc charts a return to the body abandoning, heavy-as-hades dinosaur drone of Hototogisu’s Ghosts From The Sun era, with a bit of AMM live at The Crypt and John Cale’s Table of the Elements sides thrown in for good measure. Starting with a hypnotic percussive chime as if beckoning initiates into some sick secret meeting, the warning bell is quickly submerged beneath an awesome drawn out vocal duo that sounds like an amplified swarm of killer bees tickling Inca Ore to death. Matthew Bower (Skullflower/Sunroof/Total et al) and Marcia Bassett (Double Leopards/Zaika/Zaimph/GHQ et al) channel gigantic chasms of stratospheric feedback from the middle of a pentagram of FX pedals, generating a devastating black hole blues like Hermann Nitsch receiving electro shock therapy from Austin Osman Spare. Cranked amps spew heroic doses of constantly fluctuating tonal thrust, while Bower rips some of the most beautifully harrowing guitar I have heard since Fushitsusha’s Double Live, offering hearty salutations to a well worn canopy of thunder clouds. Hard card gatefold sleeve, including great looking artwork by Marcia. Highly recommended." | Volcaninc Tongue website

 

Tracks |

1. Brooming Mephitic Blast

Total Time | 43:15

recorded by |

L. Jacinto

mastered by |

hhy

art |

Marcia Bassett

design |

Soopa