B.Chippendale of Lightning Bolt / Ecopack

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Black Pus is Brian Chippendale, who rose to prominence as the drummer of noise rock titans Lightning Bolt and Mindflayer. The first Black Pus CD-R was self released in early 2006, and was a collection of ferocious free jazz, multi-tracked on Chippendale’s cassette four-track. Enamored of the control of recording solo, Chippendale followed with more CD-Rs, and began playing live under the Black Pus moniker. He refined the Black Pus sound over numerous self-released CDs and 2011’s Primordial Pus on Load Records, replacing the saxophone with a drum-mounted oscillator and experimenting with pop structures. The oscillator creates gigantic bass tones that are then fed through a series of pedals. Over the course of the past several years Chippendale has been hand-picked by Bjo?rk and The Flaming Lips as a collaborator, and recruited by Andrew W.K. for Lee “Scratch” Perry’s 2008 album Repentance.


All My Relations is constant forward motion and audible physicality. Chippendale’s furious drumming style is ever present and instantly recognizable, but the pop element, which Chippendale explored in more contained ways on earlier Black Pus releases, is more fully integrated. Tracks like “1000 Years” and “Hear No Evil” bear a snarl and a smile, the sound of wild abandon that is both aggressive and inviting. Chippendale creates maximalist music out of the simple elements of drums, vocals, and an oscillator triggered by the kick drum, looping and repeating phrases and rhythms in a way that can only be called meditative. The album closes with “A Better Man,” an almost ten minute epic that expertly alternates between t.......
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Osiem pełnokrwistych kawałków, osiem utworów niosących ze sobą kwintesencję noise'u, wreszcie - osiem pozycji, które zdominowała - o dziwo! - perkusja. Tak prezentuje się All My Relations w wielkim, telegraficznym wręcz skrócie. Podsumowaniu, które można by ująć w formie migawki w Teleekspresie, bo jakkolwiek najnowsza płyta Chippendale'a jest dobra, tak jest to również wydawnictwo, które przelatuje w try miga. Ledwie włączy się "Marauder", a za chwilę leci "All Out of Sorts" i zanim się obejrzymy, to kończy się "A Better Man". Czy to zarzut? Nie, skądże. Piotr Strzemieczny, fuckyouhipsters.blogspot.com