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An Eventual History of Longue Durees

by Goodgrief Commune

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about

Sprawling punk-primitive free-noise recorded direct to
found cassettes with a found cassette recorder.

"Staggering two disc set that culls a series of mind-blowing free improvisations from a group that comes over as the Australian underground’s answer to Masayuki Takayanagi’s Call In Question in an edition of only 20 copies (!):

Goodgrief Commune are based around the quintet line-up of Duncan Blachford (Endless Melt/Actual Holes /Rubbish Throwers et al) on trumpet, drums and percussion, Karl von Bamberger on keys, Patrick Cross on guitar and bass, Jesse Dimmick on saxophone and violin and Jonathan Mitchell on trumpet and reeds. The sound is massive, crossing Japanese underground-styled free music excess with hypnotic/titanic rock minimalism, ecstatic free jazz and moments of keyboard drift that come over like John Cale-plays-Terry Riley circa “Sister Ray”, with sustained beams of white choral light bisected by scattershot percussion and almost Ozawa-scale orchestral electric bass.

The music is free but hyper focussed, building monolithic instrumental constructs that have the weight of Fushitsusha w/a heady group mind aesthetic that comes out of the whole AMM/MEV axis, building huge melodic/destructive arcs of tone before picking out cranky single note guitar melodies via cracked everyday electronics and wailing brass.

Recorded in stereo to found cassettes on a found cassette recorder 2009-2011 in Melbourne, this is the sound of the Australian underground connecting with the free/psych tradition as championed by PSF via classic communal Euro dunt ala Faust/Parson Sound et al. Originally released as an elusive triple cassette edition this “total brokedown free jazz haemorrhage” is now briefly restored to life and it’s a goddamn revelation. Immediately sold out at source, make your move, this demands to be heard. Very highly recommended!"

—David Keenan, Volcanic Tongue

credits

released March 25, 2013

Karl Von Bamberger (RIP): Keys
Patrick Cross: Guitar/Bass
Duncan Blachford: Drums/Percussion/Trumpet
Jesse Dimmick: Saxophone/Violin (tracks 4, 13)
Jon Michell: Guitar/Trumpet/Reed (tracks 1, 7, 10, 14)

Much love to Karl – a true one of a kind – missed dearly.

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Endless Melt Records Melbourne, Australia

Antipodean underground imprint. Established 2010, Naarm/Melbourne.

'A label that can do no wrong, Australia’s sainted Endless Melt' – Volcanic Tongue

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